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Supervisor hopefuls tackle transportation

By Michelle Durand Board; Burlingame Mayor Terry Nagel;
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF Demetrios Nikas; Millbrae Councilwoman
Gina Papan; Dave Pine, trustee of the San
As the county’s primary public transporta- Mateo Union High School District; and
tion systems plot fiscal emergency or cut- Michael Stogner are each running for the
backs, the six individuals hoping to become District One supervisor seat vacated by Mark
the next county supervisor have ideas how to Church and set to be filled May 3 by an all-
save the existing systems and expand future mail ballot.
ways of getting residents from here to there. District One includes western San Mateo,
Richard Holober, president of the San Hillsborough, Burlingame, Millbrae, San
Mateo County Community College District Bruno, South San Francisco east of El
Camino Real and the unincorporated areas of
Burlingame Hills, Highlands/Baywood Park
and San Francisco International Airport.
Although the election victor will represent the
district, they are chosen by voters county-
wide.
Continuing with the third segment of the
Daily Journal’s series on the candidates and
issues in the race, the prospects this week
See RACE, Page 27

Brown, GOP
split over tax
extensions
Lawmakers to take up second half
of state’s $28 billion budget deficit
By Lien Hoang two years ago is
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the cornerstone
of Gov. Jerry
SACRAMENTO — With half the Brown’s plan to
state budget gap resolved, fill a $26.6 bil-
California lawmakers saved the lion shortfall.
toughest questions for this week as The Democratic
they decide on possible tax exten- governor wants
sions, the elimination of redevelop- lawmakers to
ment agencies and how to tax busi- Jerry Brown call a special
nesses. election June 7
A five-year extension of the so voters can decide the tax ques-
increases to the sales, personal
MICHAEL J. COSTA/DAILY JOURNAL income and vehicle taxes enacted See STATE, Page 19
Bret Marin,40, of Castro Valley checks out Mama’s Empanadas menu at Oyster Point in South San Francisco.

Gourmet food on the go Business tax facing

Mama’s Empanadas carts its wares around Peninsula
By Emily DeRuy
DAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT
A line of people wound around
Mama’s Empanadas on a recent
Thursday in an office park in
Brisbane. The food truck, along
with several others in the same
parking lot, caters to the lunch
crowd from local businesses. The
Chilean-Italian fusion cuisine
draws a mixed group, everyone
from older white-collared business-
men to young professionals.
Based out of San Mateo,
Christina, who prefers not to use
her last name, and her sister Gina
got the idea for Mama’s Empanadas
about a year ago. Familiar with the
catering business but not interested
in managing the extensive overhead
that comes with running a restau-
rant, a particularly precarious ven-
ture in this economy, the sisters set-
tled on the idea of a food truck.
Their conclusion is not uncommon.
“They started popping up last
summer,” said Christina. “Because
of the economy, opening an actual
storefront is more expensive. It’s
also easier to get permits for food
trucks.”
The number of food trucks has
grown in the last year, particularly
in the food-centric Bay Area. The
response has been favorable, espe-
cially from workers bored of stan-
dard cafeteria fare.
“I come a lot. I go truck to truck
and try different foods,” said Shaun
Buckley, who works nearby.
Mama’s Empanadas features the
fried dough specialties stuffed with
fresh Mediterranean fare and home-
made soups and gnocchi. The
recipes draw their inspiration from
See FOOD, Page 19
obstacles in B’game
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Most Burlingame businesses have
under five employees — a fact that
comes into consideration while the
City Council considers changing its
business license tax policy or creat-
ing a downtown assessment district
to cover the cost of water and sewer
infrastructure improvements.
In February, the City Council dis-
cussed the possibility of placing a
business license tax on the
November ballot but wanted more
information about the number of
employees at Burlingame business-
es before making a decision. Turns
out 5,392 of the city’s 6,384 busi-
nesses have four or less employees,
according to a staff report by
Finance Director Jesus Nava. While
Mayor Terry Nagel had expressed
interest in a higher tax for business-
es with more than 100 employees,
the city staff’s proposal has consid-
See TAX, Page 19
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800 S. Claremont St., Ste. 210, San Mateo, Ca. 94402 state in the Clinton administration at age in making the United in the negotiations that produced a set-
68, Warren M. Christopher said he did- States safer. tlement in 1995 for Bosnia, ending a war
n’t expect to travel much. He went on to Along with his among Muslims, Serbs and Croats that
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek set a four-year mark for miles traveled peace efforts, he told claimed 260,000 lives and drove another
by America’s top diplomat. the Associated Press 1.8 million people from their homes.
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traveled to Bosnia and the Middle East
ALFTU on peace missions during his 1993-1996
tenure — including some two dozen to
Syria alone in a futile effort to promote a
©2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. settlement with Israel.
PDORO After his work finished carrying out
the Clinton administration agenda
abroad, the longtime Californian
returned home for an active life in local
CMOINE and national affairs and with his law
firm.
Late Friday, the 85-year-old statesman
ORSDYW died at his home in Los Angeles of com-
Now arrange the circled letters plications from bladder and kidney can-
to form the surprise answer, as
suggested by the above cartoon. cer, said Sonja Steptoe of the law firm
O’Melveny & Myers, where Christopher
Ans: was a senior partner.
(Answers tomorrow) President Barack Obama said
Saturday’s
Jumbles: PIECE TRUTH RADIAL TYCOON
Saturday that he mourned the passing of
Answer: What the math teacher did when he wrecked
his car — HE TOTALED IT a man who proved to be a “resolute pur-
suer of peace” and dedicated public ser-
vant.
“Warren Christopher was a skillful
diplomat, a steadfast public servant, and
a faithful American,” the president said
in a statement.
As Christopher prepared to step down
in 1996 as secretary “for someone else
accomplishments
Christopher included playing a
role in promoting a ban on nuclear
weapons tests and extension of curbs on
proliferation of weapons technology.
The loyal Democrat also headed
Clinton’s vice-presidential search com-
mittee, recommending Al Gore for the
party’s 1992 presidential ticket, and he
also supervised the contested Florida
recount for Gore in the 2000 presidential
election. The Supreme Court, on a 5-4
vote, decided for George W. Bush.
Clinton said Saturday that he was sad-
dened by Christopher’s passing, calling
him a public servant who “faithfully and
effectively advanced America’s interests
and values.”
“Chris had the lowest ratio of ego to
accomplishment of any public servant
I’ve ever worked with,“ Clinton said in a
statement. ”That made him easy to
underestimate, but all Americans should
be grateful that, along with great ability,
he possessed the stamina and the steel to
accomplish things that were truly
extraordinary.“
Clinton praised Christopher’s work in
had moved too slowly against the ethnic
violence. Then-Rep. Frank McCloskey,
an Indiana Democrat, called for
Christopher’s resignation and virtually
accused the administration of ignoring
genocide against Bosnian Muslims. A
handful of State Department officials
resigned in protest.
Christopher also gave top priority to
supporting reform in Russia and expand-
ing U.S. economic ties to Asia.
While Christopher often preferred a
behind-the-scenes role, he also made
news as deputy secretary of state in the
Carter administration, conducting the
tedious negotiations that gained the
release in 1981 of 52 American hostages
in Iran.
President Jimmy Carter awarded him
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the
nation’s highest civilian award. “The
best public servant I ever knew,” Carter
wrote in his memoirs.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton said Saturday that she was sad-
dened by the passing of a friend and a
man who was one of the “giants who
came before her.”
THE DAILY JOURNAL
The Overland Stagecoach on the Peninsula
T
he California Peninsula was booming
in the late 1850s. The gold fields had
established the city of San Francisco
as a great city of commerce and banking.
The great city was, however, isolated from
the populated (and civilized) East Coast of
America. To get to San Francisco, it took
almost all summer of hard travel over the
plains by covered wagon or many months by
boat around South America. The westerners
demanded that the government treat them like
the Easterners and produce better methods of
getting to the West Coast.
There were efforts to get improved trans-
portation by stagecoach to the West Coast but
the travel was expensive and there were few
men willing to lose money on running this
type of transportation business. To make it a
paying proposition and at the same time deliv-
er mail that now took three to four months to
get here, Congress passed a bill in 1857 that
provided a $600,000 subsidy to carry the mail
from the Mississippi River to the West Coast.
John Butterfield and other Eastern business
interests rose to the occasion and mapped out
a route that would carry the mail from St.
Louis, Mo., to San Francisco, a 2,800-mile
route. The route would go through Texas, New
Mexico, and then to Los Angles in California,
then turning north to end in Portsmouth
Square in San Francisco. It was a horrendous
undertaking that had to be done in a short
time. Stations had to be set up in existing
hotels, ranches where hotels were not avail-
able, or build them in the middle of nowhere,
not more than 20 miles apart. Thousands of
horses and mules had to be made available to
spell the six horse/mule teams and keep the
stagecoaches moving to make the trip in 25
days or less. It was a challenge of upmost pro-
portions.
By September 1858, 140 stations had been
set up and in operation. The number rose to
200 by early 1859. Meals of hard biscuit,
beans coffee and sometimes steak were served
twice a day at the passenger’s expense, and
the trip to the West cost $150 to $200 a per-
son. Because Butterfield thought fewer people
would want to travel to the east, this fare was
$100.
The Overland stage stopped in Redwood
City, somewhere near Woodside Road and El
LOCAL
RENDERING COURTESY OF THE SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM
The Overland Stagecoach opened up the west in the 1850s and ’60s.
Camino Real. From there, it traveled along the
dirt El Camino Real (then County Road) to
the San Mateo House. The San Mateo House
was owned by Stockton and Shafter in the late
1880s. This was a magnificent visible, two-
story wooden structure that sat not far south of
the San Mateo Creek on El Camino Real. The
stop of the stage was not long, only long
enough to deliver the mail and any passengers
who wanted to get off.
There was barely enough time to relieve
yourself in the “outhouse” as the pace of the
stage was always fast with very little time for
passenger comfort. Many harried passengers
opted to remain at stops along the way and
catch the next stage after getting a little much
deserved rest from the constant shaking rat-
tling of the coach and horses. It was a pace
that broke many a traveler.
The stagecoach used was a Concord type
because of the better traveling roads. It
crossed the San Mateo Creek bridge and con-
tinued north through the sparsely settled
Rancho San Mateo, toward Millbrae and the
17-Mile House. At Uncle Tom’s Cabin (14-
Mile House) roadhouse in future San Bruno, it
crossed a large, deep, wide creek and contin-
ued along El Camino Real until it reached the
12-Mile House (at Baden/South San
Francisco) along Colma Creek on the Mission
Road. A new set of horses were probably
changed here as there began a long haul after
passing the marsh at the 7-Mile House
(Colma/Kohl’s) then through sandy soil that
culminated at the “Top of the Hill” (Daly
City) where the Abby House stood. After tak-
ing either Mission Road or San Jose Avenue,
it passed through the Bernal Cut and headed
toward Market Street. Market Street led to
Portsmouth Square where the company termi-
nal stood at the intersection of Kearny and
Washington Streets.
In the late 1850s, the San Bruno Toll Road
was constructed across the marshes and
around the east side of San Bruno Mountain,
thus cutting much time off of the travel but
this cut off and bypassed commerce to many
of the roadhouses.
In March 1861, Congress discontinued the
southern route of the Overland stage and it ter-
minated in Sacramento after crossing the
county through the Sierra Mountains along a
more northern route.
The short but colorful era of the Overland
Stage ended in 1861 in San Mateo County, but
it has left us a great legacy of the Old West.
Rediscovering the Peninsula by Darold Fredricks
appears in the Monday edition of the Daily Journal.
Monday • March 21, 2011 3
Police reports
S&S
An unwanted transient woman was smok-
ing and screaming at people in front of a
store on El Camino Real in Redwood City
before 6:23 p.m. Saturday, March 12.
REDWOOD CITY
Stolen vehicle. A vehicle was stolen from
Page Street before 2:25 a.m. Saturday, March
12.
Gun shots heard. Multiple muffled gun shots
were heard on El Camino Real before 1:03
p.m. Saturday, March 12.
Robbery. A man was assaulted and his wallet
was stolen by a group of men at the intersec-
tion of El Camino Real and Lincoln Avenue
before 7:26 p.m. Saturday, March 12.
Gun shots heard. Gun shots were heard on
Middlefield Road before 4:33 a.m. Friday,
March 11.
Petty theft. An outdoor sink was stolen from
a barbeque pit area on El Camino Real before
10:07 a.m. Friday, March 11.
MENLO PARK
Stolen vehicle. A vehicle was stolen on the
1300 block of Willow Road before 7:20 a.m.
Monday, March 7.
FOSTER CITY
Petty theft. An iPad valued at $625 was
reported stolen on Comet Drive before 3:18
p.m. Tuesday, March 8.
Commercial burglary. Two laptops and a
laptop bag were reported taken overnight
from a business on East Hillsdale Boulevard
before 9:50 a.m., Tuesday, March 8.
4 Monday • March 21, 2011
A home-made thank you in the form of a quilt
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Ann MacDonald grew up on Claremont
Avenue in San Bruno but in early September
felt little connection to the hilly neighbor-
hood.
Foggy, cold weather wasn’t her thing.
Getting to see friends required work as a teen.
It was where she grew up but not necessarily
more than that. This feeling changed
Thursday, Sept. 9. Her husband, Charlie, had
called earlier in the day asking MacDonald to
record the pre-show to that evening’s football
game. Dave Matthews was performing and
both were fans.
That evening, while watching the preshow
on a delay with their children in their Santa
Clara home, MacDonald got a call from a
long-time friend who wanted to know if she
was OK.
The question seemed odd. Of course she
was OK.
“Annie, you need to turn on the TV, channel
5. A plane crashed on the hill by your mom
and dad’s house,” she recalled her friend say-
ing. MacDonald left the family room, turned
on the news and saw her childhood home,
where her retired parents still lived and were
most likely finishing dinner, in the center of a
horrible disaster.
MacDonald would soon know her parents
were safe. Her parents were among the many
in the Glenview neighborhood who were
affected by the Sept. 9 natural gasline explo-
LOCAL THE DAILY JOURNAL
ments that helped. Given to San Bruno earlier ered in black.
this month, the quilt hangs in City Hall and In the days that followed MacDonald and
will one day be on display at the neighboring her family were overwhelmed by the outpour-
San Bruno fire station. It’s a thank you to ing of caring from strangers, something for
more than the employees of San Bruno, how- which she needed to say thank you.
ever. It’s a thank you for all who helped. The Friday after the explosion MacDonald,
Sept. 9 came as a surprise for all in San her sisters and their husbands joined their par-
Bruno. ents at the Recreation Center where services
Mike and Judy Duerre, true to their daily were set up for those who were displaced.
habits, had finished dinner and sat down in Everyone was there to help. The help was
A weekly look at the people different rooms getting ready to watch the overwhelming. Teens were helping. U.S. Rep.
who shape our community game. Their house began to shake. Judy Jackie Speier spent 20 minutes talking to
Duerre thought it was an earthquake but heard MacDonald’s father.
sion and fire something hitting the roof. She ran out the On Sunday, when the Duerees were able to
that killed front door, saw a fire ball and began to run. return to their green-tagged home, a building
eight while Mike Duerre ran to the car in the garage and inspector from East Palo Alto accompanied
demolishing found a 50-pound piece of asphalt on the the family. While the home appeared pristine
and damag- hood. Mike Duerre was able to get out to the on the outside, the inspector saw damage cre-
ing a number front, grab his truck and pick up his wife.
of homes. They drove to their daughter’s house in South See QUILT, Page 6
MacDonald San Francisco.
really needed About 15 minutes after see-
to say thank ing the news, MacDonald got
you some- a call from her sister.
how. Her tan- Everyone was OK and that’s
gible thank what mattered. MacDonald
you came in acknowledges how lucky her
the form of a family is, but things weren’t
patriotically OK. She quickly realized
designed what it meant to see a large
quilt featur- hole in the ground where she
ing T-shirts waited for the bus as a child,
from the for there to be rows of chim-
numerous neys where homes previously
fire depart- stood, and a community cov-
THE DAILY JOURNAL Monday • March 21, 2011 5
6 Monday • March 21, 2011 STATE/LOCAL THE DAILY JOURNAL

GOP leadership denounces CLEANING UP AFTER STORM

Schwarzenegger clemency
By Tom Verdin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — California
Republican Party delegates on
Sunday denounced the decision by
former Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger to commute the
manslaughter sentence of the son of
a political ally, saying the action
undermined the party’s message of
being tough on crime while advocat-
ing for the rights of victims.
The resolution approved during
the state party’s spring convention
in Sacramento condemns the former
Republican governor’s action,
which reduced Esteban Nunez’s
prison sentence from 16 years to
seven. Nunez, the son of former
Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, a
Democrat, pleaded guilty for his
role in the 2008 stabbing death of a
college student in San Diego.
Schwarzenegger’s action during
his final night in office angered the
San Diego County district attorney
and enraged the victim’s family. The
governor’s office did not notify
either party before the decision.
The resolution said the state GOP
stands for tough punishment “for
murderers and violent criminals”
and notes that the party’s platform
includes a statement saying victims’
rights are para-
mount.
Schwarzeneg-
ger’s action, it
said, “created the
appearance that
a favor was
done” for Fabian
Nunez, who was
one of
Arnold S c h wa r z e n eg -
Schwarzenegger ger’s closest
allies in the
Legislature and worked with him to
pass California’s landmark green-
house gas emissions law, which
Schwarzenegger cites as one of his
legacy accomplishments.
“Now, therefore be it resolved,
that the California Republican Party
condemns the commutation of the
prison sentence for Esteban Nunez
and further condemns the manner in
which it was done, without concern
for the victims and their suffering,
and without respect for the message
this action will send to potential SCOTT LENHART/DAILY JOURNAL
criminals with connections to those After the weekend storm,the Heredia Family cleans up after a big oak tree fell on Victoria Road in Burlingame.
in power,” the resolution states. By chance,the tree came down just right to cause minimal damage.

The Duerres were lucky. Home fire and police departments who shirt off his back for the cause. Fire Chief Dennis Haag sent an

QUILT
Continued from page 4
ated from debris that flew into the
house. Also, the roof has essential-
ly melted. They were given 30 min-
utes to collect their items and
leave.
repairs were complete in time for
them to spend Thanksgiving back
in their Claremont house.
“How can I say thank you?” she
said, thinking of all the strangers
who had helped her family.
MacDonald had made smaller
blankets before but decided to take
on a larger project. Originally the
goal was to use T-shirts from all the
helped. That would have been
huge, however, so MacDonald
focused on collecting T-shirts from
fire departments. Many people
helped in the process. Talking to
firefighters was therapeutic in a
way. They had also experienced the
tragedy and wanted to help
MacDonald’s efforts. A we are for everything,” said
Burlingame firefighter took the
While the quilt was given to San
Bruno, each fire department
received an 8 by 10 photo of the
e-mail to his department asking all
to stop by and look at
MacDonald’s gift.
quilt with a copy of a story “It’s awesome,” he said. “It’s cer-
MacDonald wrote about the event tainly a work of art.”
and its effect on her life.
“It really worked out. I hope
many people realize how grateful Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-
mail: heather@smdailyjournal.com or
by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
MacDonald.

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Libya bombing called successful

By Robert Burns
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The U.S. on
Sunday claimed initial success two
days into an assault on Libya that
included some of the heaviest fire-
power in the American arsenal —
long-range bombers designed for
the Cold War — but American offi-
cials said Sunday it was too early to
define the international military
campaign’s endgame.
The top U.S. military officer sug-
gested that Libyan strongman
Moammar Gadhafi might stay in
power in spite of the military assault
aimed at protecting civilians, calling
into question the larger objective of
an end to Gadhafi’s erratic 42-year
rule. Other top U.S. officials have
suggested that a weakened and iso-
lated Gadhafi could be ripe for a
coup.
A second wave of attacks, mainly
from American fighters and
bombers, targeted Libyan ground
forces and air defenses, following
an opening barrage Saturday of sea-
launched Tomahawk cruise mis-
siles. Defense Secretary Robert
Gates said the U.S. expects to turn
control of the mission over to a
coalition — probably headed either
by the French and British or by
NATO — “in a matter of days.”
At the Pentagon, Navy Vice Adm.
William E. Gortney, staff director
for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a
news conference that the back-to-
back assaults Saturday and Sunday
had inflicted heavy damage. They
largely silenced Gadhafi’s air
defenses, blunted his army’s drive
on the rebel stronghold of Benghazi
and confused his forces.
“We judge these strikes to have
been very effective in significantly
degrading the regime’s air defense
capability,” Gortney said. “We believe
his forces are under significant stress
and suffering from both isolation and
a good deal of confusion.”
Gortney’s assessment suggested
that further strikes on the scale of
Saturday’s heavy assault with sea-
launched Tomahawk cruise missiles
may not be needed, although he did
not rule out further attacks.
Gortney said Gadhafi himself is
not a target, but he could not guar-
antee the strongman’s safety.
The systems targeted most close-
ly were Libya’s SA-5 surface-to-air
missiles, Russian-made weaponry
that could pose a threat to allied air-
craft many miles off the Libyan
coastline. Libya has a range of other
REUTERS air defense weaponry, including
French Air Force pilots and ground crew work near their Mirage jets upon portable surface-to-air missiles that
their return from flight missions over Libya at the Solenzara military base are more difficult to eliminate by
in Corsica Sunday. bombing.

Radiation fans food fears in Japan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOKYO — At a bustling Tokyo supermar-
ket Sunday, wary shoppers avoided one par-
ticular bin of spinach.
The produce came from Ibaraki prefecture
in the northeast, where radiation was found in
spinach grown up to 75 miles from the crip-
pled Fukushima nuclear plant. Another bin of
spinach — labeled as being from Chiba pre-
fecture, west of Tokyo — was sold out.
“It’s a little hard to say this, but I won’t buy
vegetables from Fukushima and that area,”
said shopper Yukihiro Sato, 75.
From corner stores to Tokyo’s vast Tsukiji
fish market, Japanese shoppers picked gro-
ceries with care Sunday after the discovery of
contamination in spinach and milk fanned
fears about the safety of this crowded coun-
try’s food supply. Trace amounts of radioac-
tive iodine also were found in tap water in
Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan.
The anxiety added to the spreading impact
of the unfolding nuclear crisis triggered when
the March 11 tsunami battered the Fukushima
complex, wrecking its cooling system and
leading to the release of radioactive material.
On Sunday, the government banned ship-
ments of milk from one area and spinach from
another and said it found contamination on
two more vegetables — canola and chrysan-
REUTERS
Teruko Saka, 80-year-old farmer, weeds a
spinach field in Moriya, Ibaraki prefecture,
north of Tokyo, Sunday, nine days after an
earthquake and tsunami hit Japan.
themum greens — and in three more prefec-
tures. The Health Ministry also advised a vil-
lage in Fukushima prefecture not to drink tap
water because of radioactive iodine in its sup-
ply. It stressed, however, that the amounts
remained minuscule and posed no health
threat.
There were no signs Sunday of the panic
buying that stripped Tokyo supermarkets of
food last week. Instead, shoppers scrutinized
the source of items and tried to avoid what
they worried might be tainted.
Mayumi Mizutani was shopping for bottled
water, saying she was worried about the health
of her visiting 2-year-old grandchild after a
tiny amount of radioactive iodine was found in
Tokyo’s tap water. She expressed fears that the
toddler could possibly get cancer.
“That’s why I’m going to use this water as
much as possible,” she said.
The government said the level of radiation
detected on spinach and milk was minuscule
and should be no threat to health. Chief
Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said he had
received no reports that would require special
measures to be taken regarding tap water.
Tainted milk was found 20 miles from the
plant on Saturday, a local official said.
Spinach was collected from six farms
between 60 miles and 75 miles to the south of
the reactors.
World briefs
Obama tours Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO — Immersing himself
in Brazil’s poverty and pride, President Barack
Obama on Sunday held up the South American
nation as a model of democratic change in a
time of uprisings and crackdowns across the
Arab world and yet another war front for the
United States. From Rio’s glamorous beaches
to a notorious slum to an elegant theater,
Obama glimpsed the city’s cultural extremes
and offered the kind of personal engagement
that can pay political dividends for years.
The competing stories of Obama’s itinerary
— a war front in Africa, an economic com-
mitment to South America — divided his time
in incongruous ways. By morning, he spoke
with his security team about the international
assault against Moammar Gadhafi’s defenses;
by night, he was to stand atop a mountain and
admire Rio’s world famous statue of Jesus.
Yemeni president fires Cabinet
SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s president fired
the entire Cabinet Sunday in an apparent
attempt to head off the embarrassment of a
mass resignation many of them were planning
in protest of his bloody crackdown on anti-
government demonstrators. President Ali
Abdullah Saleh is facing a monthlong popular
uprising by crowds demanding his ouster after
32 years ruling over the impoverished and
volatile nation.
8 Monday • March 21, 2011 THE DAILY JOURNAL
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Caring for the elderly
— The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.
M
ost world cultures — even
the most primitive — reserve
a special status for the elder-
ly.
They are honored, respected and,
above all, cared for.
Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian and
American Indian families traditionally
include as many as three or four genera-
tions, the oldest of whom are considered
the most important members of the
household and whose counsel is always
sought.
End corn ethanol subsidies
— The Post and Courier of Charleston
T
he recent report on federal
waste by the Government
Accountability Office should
signal a new era of frugality in the capi-
tal. Unfortunately, that’s hardly a fore-
gone conclusion, given past attempts to
reduce waste and duplication.
But the GAO report cites one mam-
moth government subsidy that is expect-
ed to get even bigger without congres-
sional intervention. The federal govern-
ment should stop mandating ethanol as
Letters to the editor
‘The definition of insanity’
Editor,
“The definition of insanity is doing
the same thing over and over and
expecting different results.”
This quote is sometimes attributed to
Benjamin Franklin, and other times to
Albert Einstein, but either way, it’s clear
that these wise men weren’t talking about
municipal finance, and the staggering
increases in employee costs facing local
governments. But they might as well
have been. To continue to allow explod-
ing increases in employee costs and
expect to maintain any sense of financial
stability is nothing less than insanity.
In the last 10 years in Redwood City,
while revenue has crept up by a mere
16 percent, the number of employees
has decreased by 19 percent (a reduc-
tion of 83 positions) and the average
total cost per employee (salaries and
benefits) has risen over 90 percent to a
staggering $156,000 per employee. It’s
a fiscal trajectory faced by local govern-
ments that will bankrupt cities in a few
years or require intolerable cuts in serv-
ices to the community. Employee costs
need to be brought under control now.
Those of us who have been given the
mantle of leadership owe it to those we
serve, the people of our communities,
to ensure there is integrity in the fiscal
stability of the communities in which
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The United States prefers to hand its
senior citizens over to someone else —
institutions, home-care agencies, some-
times overworked and unskilled elder
sitters. This is a scenario that invites
neglect and abuse.
Consider Mickey Rooney.
The former child movie star, now 90,
told the U.S. Senate Special Committee
on Aging that until recently he was
abused, robbed and stripped of even the
most basic decisions of his life by a
stepson. Incredibly, Rooney suffered
a motor fuel additive and stop subsidiz-
ing corn-based ethanol. It would reduce
a boondoggle that costs the federal tax-
payer billions. And it would limit the
upward pressure on food prices.
The newly energized House of
Representatives recently took a step
toward that fiscal reform by voting to
block EPA plans to increase the percent-
age of ethanol from 10 to 15 percent at
the pump. Another measure approved
by the House would halt federal subsi-
dies for the blending pumps required to
prepare ethanol for motor vehicle use.
The GAO concluded that federal tax
they live, work, play and serve. A prac-
tical, realistic approach is needed, not a
continuing erroneous belief that we can
continue on the same path as in years
past. Those who represent employee labor
groups also need to realize we are on an
insane course toward financial demise and
need to come to agreement on the best
approach to rein in these costs.
Jeff Ira
Redwood City
The letter writer is the mayor of
Redwood City.
Putting the U in DMB
Editor,
It is ironic that Peter Allen equates
“embracing our Bay” with filling in
more than two square miles of it
(“Embrace the Bay” guest perspective
in the Feb. 8 edition of The Daily
Journal). By filling in such a vast area
of tidelands, we in Redwood City
would be losing it forever. Only Cargill
and their developers DMB would gain.
That’s really putting the “U” in DMB
What Mr. Allen calls “currently fal-
low land” is in reality tidelands that
were diked from the Bay for the pur-
pose of making salt. Since salt is no
longer profitable, Cargill and DMB are
trying to find ways around decades-old
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OPINION
this torment for years out of shame and
fear.
Rooney was testifying on behalf of a
bill that would establish an Office of
Elder Justice, which would strengthen
the Justice Department’s hand in uncov-
ering and prosecuting elder abuse. An
important aspect of this bill is the assur-
ance that older Americans need not suf-
fer in silence.
This legislation is commendable and
worthy of consideration, but what is
really needed is a re-examination of
how our country — its people as well as
its government — provides for its older
citizens.
credits for ethanol should be allowed to
die at the end of the year. It determined
that the tax credits were a duplicative
incentive, since ethanol use already is
mandated. ...
Ending the ethanol mandate and sub-
sidy would help, not hurt, the environ-
ment. It would improve vehicle fuel
mileage. It would help put food on the
tables of the poor.
And it would save taxpayers $100 bil-
lion.
Congress should move to harvest the
benefits from this costly boondoggle.
laws so they can pillage the Bay.
If you read the fine print, the develop-
er promises lots of benefits, but even if
they deliver the developer won’t main-
tain them. That burden will fall to the
community, and that means a lot more
taxes. If we fill in over two square miles
of tidelands, the only ecotourism we’ll
see will be people coming to wonder at
the stupidity of those who further
destroyed the Bay when all around
them people, cities, and agencies were
clamoring for a stop to this insanity.
Van Thein
Redwood City
More than words Obama
Editor,
Even though President Barack Obama
so eloquently lectured Libyan tyrant
Moammar Gadhafi that he must go,
Gadhafi is still slaughtering his people
as he crushes their rebellion. Didn’t our
president promise the Muslim people of
the Middle East hope, change and
democracy? Then why doesn’t he lift a
finger to help the Libyan freedom fight-
ers? Why doesn’t he back up his words
with meaningful action?
Scott Abramson
San Mateo
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Is it spring yet?
“F
irst a howling blizzard woke us; Then the rain
came down to soak us; And now before the
eye can focus; Crocus!” — Lilja Rogers
My rose bushes are looking better again. I pruned them
when we enjoyed some good weather in the middle of
January. The sun warmed them for about two more weeks
and the rose bushes apparently thought that spring had
sprung since they sprouted a lot of new growth. Then came
our unprecedented streak of cold weather in February and
the roses stood out there looking disappointed and con-
fused. (I have this magical insight into such things!) I tried
to reassure them that the sun would come out again and
their enthusiasm for growth will not be in vain and that in
time they would be growing and blossoming and delighting
us again this year with their beauty.
When the weather warmed up again, I convinced myself
that the roses looked hopeful. They were growing again
and seemed to have joined me in enjoying the warmth of
the sun. And as I looked around, the fuchsia that had
appeared to be just a bunch of dry sticks was beginning to
sprout new leaves. And up behind the fence I could see that
the top of the apricot tree was beginning to flower. Ah,
spring!
But while we are getting giddy about spring, we must
also face the fact that this year, especially, we need to value
the natural world by enthusiastically commemorating Earth
Day which is coming up on April 22. As we know, there
are politicians with clout who want to cut funding to the
Environmental Protection Agency. Instead of cutting gov-
ernment subsidies to cor-
porate interests like oil
and corn and cutting back
on military operations,
they want corporate pol-
luters to be less regulated.
They obviously do not
care how their toxic emis-
sions affect nature and
human beings. They don’t
care if more and more
children suffer from asth-
ma and other ailments
because of poison in the
soil, air and water. They
don’t care if wildlife
gradually disappears.
They don’t care if the water in many areas is polluted by
effluent from various industries. Seems they just want to be
sure to give their corporate supporters what they want —
permission to carry on their activities in ways that cause
havoc with humans and the planet.
We need to keep in mind what Daniel Goleman wrote in
“Ecological Intelligence,” “The man-made chemical com-
pounds that end up in soil, water and air do not disappear;
they mix with the complex ecosystem of nature that ani-
mals depend on. We have made a panoply of discoveries
about the havoc man-made chemicals, from pesticides to
Prozac, create in the natural systems they invade. Even tiny
doses of certain chemicals can have side effects no one
ever anticipated. Our better living through chemistry can
become nature’s nightmare.”
Considering the inadequate job the EPA does now, how
long before illnesses caused by pollutants would contribute
even more to lower life expectancy and cause so many
problems that our health care system would become more
overwhelmed (which the same politicians are also out to
undermine) and how long would it be before spring, as we
know it, will not exist?
In 1976, Erich Fromm warned us in his book, “To Have
or To Be?” “People’s relationship to nature has become
hostile. It is most of science and technology’s aim to solve
our existential problem by giving up the Messianic vision
of harmony between humankind and nature by conquering
nature, by transforming it to our own purposes until the
conquest has become more and more equivalent to destruc-
tion”
In spite of it all, we can still enjoy the advent of spring
and appreciate the messages of hope and renewal that
accompany this season. As we stop to admire the crocus,
let’s also think about what Albert Einstein said many years
ago that is even more relevant today: “Concern for man
himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of
all technological endeavors” (including nuclear plants) “…
in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing
and not a curse to mankind.”
How can we make a difference? There are at least two
important ways. First, we can stop and think how our
habits of consumption are affecting our health and our
ecosystem and adjust our lives accordingly. We can also
work with and contribute to organizations that are trying to
protect the environment. At the same time, now that it’s
March 21, I’ll keep in mind my gardening mantra: “Spring
has sprung. The flowers bloom. I think we’re over winter’s
gloom. I’ll dig and plant and tend the rows, as my awe in
how they flourish grows.”
Since 1984, Dorothy Dimitre has written more than 500
columns for various local newspapers. Her e-mail address is
gramsd@aceweb.com.
10 Monday • March 21, 2011 BUSINESS THE DAILY JOURNAL

Stocks suffer volatile week

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — When it comes to the
mood of the market, strategist Brian
Gendreau called what happened on
Wednesday Exhibit A.
Stocks were already falling when the
European Union’s energy chief warned
of an impending nuclear catastrophe in
Japan. It didn’t matter that few investors
in the U.S. had ever heard of Guenther
Oettinger or that other reports from
Japan weren’t quite as dire. The Dow
Jones industrial average fell 200 points
in the next four hours.
“The market went up so far so fast,
and investor surveys were showing a
great deal of bullishness, the kind we
often associate with the peak of a bull
market,” says Gendreau, of the Financial
Network, a financial advisory firm.
“Whenever you’re fully invested in
stocks — when everyone’s on one side
of the trade you’re very vulnerable to
bad news.
“We got some bad news.”
The Dow Jones industrial average
moved by more than 100 points four
straight days last week. At one point it
gave up all of its gains for the year, as
investors digested world events ranging
from an earthquake and possible nuclear
meltdown in Japan and turmoil in Libya
to more signs that the U.S. economy is
improving.
But by week’s end, the Dow was again
up for the year by more than 2 percent.
The message for investors: Get used to
volatility like this.
U.S. companies, for the most part, are
in good financial shape. Earnings are
expected to be strong for the first quar-
ter, and they’ve never had more cash.
But world events -- like a nuclear disas-
ter in Japan or a protest in Saudi Arabia
-- can quickly jolt investors.
The S&P 500 index is down roughly 5
percent since they reached their recent
highs in February, according to Standard
& Poor’s. That’s enough of a drop to
qualify for what market technicians call
a pullback. There have been 53 such
losses of between 5 and 10 percent since
World War II, according to Standard &
Poor’s. Most pullbacks have averaged
price drops around 7 percent, and
required an average of two months to get
back to even.
By that measure, the market could
recover its losses before summer --
unless something else happens to spook
investors.
Higher gas prices, concerns about the
impact of earthquake and tsunami on the
world’s third largest economy and the
possibility of a government shutdown in
the U.S. over a budget fight are things
that would qualify.
“There’s a lot of uncertainty, and mar-
kets hate uncertainty,” Gendreau says.
Moody’s Investors Service warned on
Friday that if oil prices remain around
$100 a barrel, it will imperil the global
economic recovery. Carmakers, airlines
and agricultural companies would be hit
the hardest. Oil prices may soon surge if
Japan weans itself off nuclear power.
Economists think that oil prices above
$130 could push the U.S. into another
recession.
Looming over all of this is the Federal
Reserve, whose $600 billon effort to
stimulate the economy and buoy stock
markets expires at the end of June. The
Fed’s stimulus program has helped the
S&P 500 gain 19 percent since Fed
Chairman Ben Bernanke first hinted at
the plan in August. Investors were will-
ing to shrug off bad news about the
economy because of their faith in the
Fed’s powers. Now, they get to see if the
economy and stock markets can stand on
their own.

Push on to collect online sales tax

By Rachel Metz
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Tax-free shop-
ping is under threat for many online
shoppers as states facing widening
budget gaps increasingly pressure
Amazon.com Inc. and other Internet
retailers to start collecting sales taxes
from their residents.
Billions of dollars are at stake as a
growing number of states look for ways
to generate more revenue without violat-
ing a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling
that prohibits a state from forcing busi-
nesses to collect sales taxes unless the
business has a physical presence, such as
a store, in that state.
States are trying to get around that
restriction by passing laws that broaden
the definition of a physical presence.
Retailers are resisting being deputized as
tax collectors.
Until recently, the Supreme Court rul-
ing has meant that Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,
based in Bentonville, Ark., would collect
taxes from shoppers in all states with
sales taxes, whether those shoppers buy
items on or off the Web, because it has
stores nationwide.
But Amazon, based in Seattle, would-
n’t collect taxes from Floridians because
it doesn’t have a presence there.
Although in such cases, shoppers in
Florida are supposed to pay the tax
directly to their state, few actually do.
With the new laws, those living in
Evanston, Ill., or Providence, R.I., can
no longer expect to avoid paying taxes
when shopping online even though
Amazon and others have no traditional
operations there. States backing these
laws argue that a retailer has a physical
presence when it uses affiliates — peo-
ple and businesses that refer customers
to the retailer’s website and collect a
commission on sales. These affiliates
range from one-person blogs promoting
the latest gadgets to companies that run
coupon and deal sites.
Illinois passed a law this month
requiring Internet companies with affili-
ates in that state to collect taxes on sales
to Illinois customers.

San Francisco set

to implement tough
new local-hire law
By Robin Hindery
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — As San Francisco prepares to imple-

ment what is billed as the nation’s toughest local hiring ordi-
nance, the mood at a recent gathering of about 50 local con-
tractors and construction industry representatives was a mix of
resigned acceptance and cautious optimism.
“I think it’s going to work, at least at first,” said William
Holland, an ornamental iron contractor who attended a public
meeting Friday at City Hall to discuss the new law, which
establishes strict requirements for how many work hours on
city-funded projects must be completed by city residents, start-
ing with 20 percent this year and rising 5 percentage points a
year all the way to 50 percent.
Bob Alvarado, executive officer of the Northern California
Carpenters Regional Council, sounded less convinced.
“You need to go back and revisit sections of the policy —
and you’ve got about a week to do it — so we can understand
exactly what we’re getting into,” he told a panel of city offi-
cials tasked with overseeing the law’s March 25 rollout.
The law was modeled in part after a similar mandate enact-
ed in Cleveland, Ohio, but it goes a step further by also requir-
ing that a set percentage of work hours on be performed by
economically disadvantaged workers.
Supporters say the law will create much-needed jobs as San
Francisco grapples with a 9.5 percent unemployment rate and
prepares to award an estimated $27 billion in public works and
improvement contracts over the next decade.
“Local hire will not only boost our local economy and get
San Francisco families back to work, but it will translate into a
reinvestment in our city that will help pay for parks, public
safety and social services,” said Mayor Edwin Lee, who singled
out the law as a top policy priority of his one-year interim term.
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Will players be able to budget during lockout?

By Barry Wilner
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — Don’t
buy that car. Shorten that vacation.
Eat at home.
Whatever they do, NFL players
have been warned for years about
the need to save and the importance
of budgeting their money in case of
a work stoppage.
Well, the lockout is here.
“We’ve been hammering the point
home for two years that you have to
be careful and the education process. Maybe you
you have to be have to spoon-feed them on filling
p r e p a r e d ,” out direct deposit slips or coaching
Browns line- them on a change of lifestyle.”
backer Scott The lifestyle for pro football play-
Fujita said. ers, particularly the veterans, is a
“Guys I know good one. Seahawks guard Chester
have made Pitts, a nine-year veteran, calls it
concessions. “very comfortable.”
“There are But Pitts notes it also needs to
always a few have limitations, more so when the
guys you have to be concerned players have no money coming in
about, that you think might not have from the owners because of the
taken the right steps. It’s a part of labor stalemate.
“The guys in the locker room call
me the cheapest guy around,” Pitts
said with a laugh, “but you have to
be wise with your money. You can
live a great life and still be careful
and still be smart.
“I tell guys, ‘Why do you need
that $250,000 car? A Mercedes is a
great car and it’s $85,000. You can
afford that on your salary, and
what’s that ($250,000) car going to
do for you?’ “
Willie Colon didn’t need that
advice; he already had decided to
stay out of the automotive market
this offseason.
The Steelers tackle, who missed
the 2010 season with a torn right
Achilles’ tendon, had thoughts of
purchasing a new car for himself
and one for his brother.
Won’t happen.
“I wanted to buy a car for my
brother because his car is beat up,”
said Colon, who earned $2.198 mil-
lion last year. “But I told him this is
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Stanford
Tar Heels edge Huskies women
By Mike Cranston
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on quest
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North By Janie McCauley
Carolina’s Roy Williams woke up THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday morning feeling ill.
The Hall of Fame coach then had STANFORD — Kayla Pedersen
to endure one stomach-turning play and her fellow Stanford seniors have
after another in a dramatic and con- been talking for nearly two years
fusing finish that left the Tar Heels about going undefeated at home
in a familiar spot: the NCAA tour- over their careers.
nament’s round of 16. On Monday night, they could
Tyler Zeller scored 23 points, make it happen at last. One more
Harrison Barnes added 22 and North win is all it takes.
Carolina survived a closing minute “It would mean a lot,” Pedersen
that included numerous question- said Sunday. “I think it’s a great
able calls to beat Washington 86-83 accomplishment. A lot of great
in the East region. teams have
The Tar Heels come here to
are into the play us. So,
s e c o n d it’s some-
weekend for thing special
a record 24th for our four
time. true seniors
“I told the to bond
kids to take care of over.”
the old man and they did a good As would
job,” Williams said. “I feel a heck of be that long-
a lot better now.” awaited
Rallying from deficits of 11 points national
in the first half and five in the sec- champi-
ond, the second-seeded Tar Heels onship for a program that hasn’t
(28-7) went ahead for good on won it all since 1992. But this team
Barnes’ 3-pointer with 4:06 left. isn’t talking about that yet, never
But they needed two late free interested in looking ahead.
throws from Dexter Strickland and If Pedersen, Jeanette Pohlen and
two defensive stops in the final sec- Co. can get by St. John’s in the sec-
ond to advance to play the Syracuse- ond round of the NCAA tourna-
Marquette winner Friday in Newark, ment, they would become the first
N.J. group of seniors in school history to
“For our lack of experience,” pull off a four-year unbeaten run at
Barnes said, “we make up for that Maples Pavilion.
with heart.” REUTERS St. John’s is fully aware of the
Terrence Ross scored 19 points North Carolina Tar Heels forward John Henson (31) dunks the ball over the Washington Huskies during their daunting task ahead at Stanford’s
and Matthew Bryan-Amaning added third round NCAA men's basketball game in Charlotte,North Carolina Sunday. imposing on-campus arena. The top-
14 for the seventh-seeded Huskies seeded Cardinal (30-2) are riding a
(24-11), who couldn’t overcome a remarkable school-record 62-game
subpar game from star guard Isaiah
Thomas and a hostile crowd to pull
the upset in a fast-paced game full of
Duke holds off Michigan home winning streak.
“We want to have great energy in
that gym and make it a really special
entertaining plays and mental mis- By Joedy McCreary 73-71 win percent, never trailed in the second game,” coach Tara VanDerveer said.
cues. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday that half and advanced to the round of 16 The Red Storm have played their
“All of our guys fought and did so marked the for the 12th time in 14 years. Next share of big games in tough places,
many things right that could have CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke is 900th victory of stop: Anaheim, Calif., for the West perhaps most notably at Florida
enabled us to win the ballgame,” no stranger to this situation: Facing coach Mike regional semifinals Thursday night. State in the second round of the
coach Lorenzo Romar said, “but we an underdog with uncanny touch K r z y z ew s k i ’s Parts of this game felt awfully 2010 NCAA tournament.
didn’t get it done.” from 3-point range, one that’s rac- Hall of Fame familiar for Duke, which capped its Da’Shena Stevens’ last-second
Washington, which came in with ing downcourt in the closing sec- career. run to the national championship shot fell short in a heartbreaking 66-
as many NCAA tournament wins onds, scrambling for one last shot at “The 900, it last year with a dramatic two-point 65 overtime loss to the host
(18) as North Carolina has Final some NCAA tournament magic. Mike means that victory over Butler that wasn’t set- Seminoles.
Four appearances, nearly pulled off This time, it was Michigan’s turn Krzyzewski we’re advanc- tled until Gordon Hayward’s half- Stevens, Shenneika Smith and
a dramatic comeback in a virtual to miss. i n g , ” court heave ricocheted off the glass their teammates might have a more
road game 2,800 miles from home. Nolan Smith scored 24 points and Krzyzewski said. “That’s the main and the iron at the buzzer. difficult go this time around against
Washington got within 84-83 on the top-seeded Blue Devils held thing.” “We told our kids it would be like a team that knocked off then-No. 1
their breath as the Wolverines’ last Kyle Singler added 13 points for
See HEELS, Page 12 shot clanged off the iron, sealing a the Blue Devils (32-4), who shot 51 See DUKE, Page 12 See STANFORD, Page 12
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NFL
Continued from page 11
not the year to make a lot of moves, especial-
ly with me being a (restricted) free agent and
the lockout.”
Colon, who is single, also said he is eating
out less and being responsible with his
money, something he admits wasn’t always
the case.
“When I was coming into the league as a
rookie and I was able to get a signing bonus,
I was somewhat dumb in spending it,” he
said. “You know, you are a kid right out of
Hofstra and you come into some money. But
now, my adviser will always be in my ear.
They educate you on how much is important
to spend and what is important not to spend it
on.
“If you are wining and dining every night,
try and cut back, go to the grocery store and
then stay home and cook. Your lifestyle does-
n’t have to take a complete 180, but you need
to be concerned because you never know
when this lockout will end.”
Panthers receiver Steve Smith sees the
lockout as an opportunity for the players to
learn fiscal responsibility, regardless of how
much they make.
“It’s not about, ’Well, I’m locked out, so
now I need to save,”’ said Smith, who is
scheduled to make about $7 million in 2010.
“It’s really giving guys an opportunity to eval-
uate themselves and say, ’You’re supposed to
save anyway.’ It’s just an added incentive to
make guys look at their financial habits and
correct them and change them. I started doing
that two years ago.”
Fujita and Pitts are extremely involved in
the NFLPA, which is holding its meetings
here; Fujita as an executive board member
and Pitts as a player rep. But there are hun-
dreds who don’t have such active roles. That
rank-and-file is the segment the association’s
leaders must reach about their finances.
Patriots tackle Matt Light is certain they
have been reached. He cites not only the
togetherness of the players in New England,
SPORTS
but of all his peers in dealing with falling on
difficult financial times.
“I would be shocked if that happens to any
of our guys,” Light said.
But, says Pitts, it wouldn’t be all that stun-
ning for the younger players to either have not
gotten the message or ignored it. That has
made communicating with them so critical.
“If you’re not taught how to do something,
the chances you are just going to learn it with-
out help are not very good,” he said. “If a kid
hasn’t been taught how to (ride a bicycle),
he’s probably never going to do it. He’s prob-
ably not going to learn on his own.”
Pitts knows of players who aren’t living as
large as they once did, including several who
told him their postseason vacations were cut
in half or even shelved.
All the players have taken a bit of a finan-
cial hit already because of the lockout: NFL
teams no longer are paying for their health
insurance. Fujita paid $1,900 this month for
coverage for his wife and two children. For
bigger families, the price is around $2,400 a
month.
Yes, Fujita signed a three-year, $14 million
free agent contract with Cleveland a year ago,
with $8 million guaranteed. He’s also played
nine seasons, and the league average is about
one-third of that.
“We may make a lot of money, but it is for
a very short time,” said Chiefs linebacker
Mike Vrabel, one of 10 players whose names
are on an antritrust action against the NFL in
a U.S. District Court to stop the lockout. “ I
have been lucky to be in this game for 14
years, to think about that is crazy.
“The average guy plays 3.4 years, and you
have got to make that work.”
The 1,900 or so players in the league now
must plan to make the numbers work despite
potentially not receiving paychecks in 2011;
normally, they get paid in each of the 17
weeks of the schedule.
“My financial adviser has told me to put a
little more away and to budget here and there
a bit more, and I have,” Colon said. “You
don’t want to have to find another job because
you were not careful with your money and
now the money isn’t coming.”
STANFORD
Continued from page 11
Connecticut back on Dec. 30 to end the
Huskies’ record 90-game winning streak.
“They’re probably the most talented team
in the country,” St. John’s coach Kim Barnes
Arico said of Stanford. “They can do every-
thing. That’s why they have a 62-game win-
ning streak at home. They’re a tremendous
program and it’s going to be a difficult task
for our team, but it’s one we’re excited to
have.”
Stanford has won 24 straight overall since
losing back-to-back games at DePaul and
Tennessee in mid-December. The Cardinal
won’t be satisfied with just earning a fourth
straight trip to the Final Four. After losing in
the NCAA final in two of the last three years,
they are determined to finally bring the pro-
gram that elusive title.
Ninth-seeded St. John’s (22-10), an at-large
team from the Big East that hardly looked
sharp in a 55-50 first-round victory over
Texas Tech on Saturday, has never reached
the NCAA’s round of 16. Perennial Pac-10
power Stanford is looking for a return trip to
the Spokane Regional, where four years ago
former star Candice Wiggins helped the
Cardinal end a 10-year Final Four drought.
HEELS
Continued from page 11
Ross’ 3-pointer with 17.3 seconds left before
North Carolina’s Kendall Marshall — who
set a school NCAA tournament record with
14 assists — missed the front end of a 1-and-
1 at the foul line.
Washington’s Venoy Overton then missed a
runner in the lane, but the ball bounced off
North Carolina and out of bounds with 7.4
seconds left. On the inbound play, 6-foot-10
John Henson knocked away Justin Holiday’s
pass under the basket and the ball landed in
Strickland’s hands, and he hit two free throws
with 5.4 seconds left.
Moments later, Overton launched a prema-
ture halfcourt shot with about 3 seconds
remaining that fell well short. Romar indicat-
ed that Overton was anticipating getting
fouled, something Williams said the Tar Heels
planned to do to prevent a tying 3-point
attempt.
That wasn’t the end of it, though. Not at all.
Instead of letting the errant shot go harm-
lessly out of bounds, Henson touched the ball
on the way down to give the Huskies yet
another chance.
DUKE
Continued from page 11
playing Butler in the national championship
— a very similar, tough-minded, really, really
good basketball team,” Krzyzewski said. “I’m
proud of our effort and obvious ecstatic that
we’re moving on.”
One key difference: The eighth-seeded
Wolverines (21-14) gave themselves a much
cleaner look on their final shot.
Michigan, which trailed by 15 with 10:51
to play, clawed within one point twice in the
final 90 seconds before Smith missed a free
throw with 8.7 seconds left to give the
Wolverines one last chance.
Darius Morris zipped downcourt and put up
a runner in the lane with 2 seconds left, but
the shot bounced off the back iron and the
rebound went to Smith at the buzzer.
Morris finished with 16 points to lead
Michigan, which made seven 3-pointers —
the most allowed by Duke in a month.
Kyrie Irving and Ryan Kelly scored 11
points apiece for the Blue Devils, who won
their eighth straight game in the NCAA tour-
nament.
“I don’t want to take this Duke jersey off.
As simple as that,” Smith said. “Every game
could be my last.”
Krzyzewski improved to 900-283 in his
36th season and can catch his mentor and col-
lege coach for first on the career list next
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Now, getting back to the biggest stage is
expected each season. This already has been a
year with so many milestones, from the mon-
umental UConn victory to VanDerveer join-
ing the 800-wins club on Dec. 22 at San
Francisco against first-year Dons coach and
ex-Cardinal great Jennifer Azzi.
VanDerveer has been as motivated as ever
after her team blew a halftime lead and lost to
UConn in last year’s title game.
“I worked harder this year than I ever did
before, and I worked hard before,” she said.
Pedersen has acknowledged it will be a dis-
appointment not to cut down the nets in
Indianapolis on April 5. Monday is the next
step toward that goal.
The Red Storm shot 35 percent in their
opener and committed 21 turnovers. Their
two 3-pointers were 11 fewer than the season-
high 13 Stanford hit in an 86-59 first-round
win against NCAA first-timer and No. 16
seed UC Davis. In fact, four Cardinal players
knocked down three or more 3s and six play-
ers wound up scoring in double figures.
St. John’s knows there are several keys to
staying with Stanford aside from limiting the
damage from long range: keeping the
Cardinal to one shot, taking care of the ball,
and staying poised in front of a raucous
crowd.
Falling at Florida State last March is still
something the Red Storm think about when
preparing at times like this.
“I told John I wished he just caught that
ball,” Williams said.
But how much time was left?
Replays with the official game clock super-
imposed on the screen showed there should
have been 1.1 or 1.2 seconds to go, giving
Washington more time for a final shot. Romar
said after the game that his staff asked the ref-
erees to review how much time should have
been left, but the officials stuck with half a
second.
“There’s always a lag time between the
time the play occurs and the whistle is blown
and the clock stops,” official Doug Shows told
a pool reporter. “By rule, the clock stops
when the whistle blows. We were asked to
check the time and we verified that it was
accurate with the standby official and the
clock operator.”
Needing to hurry, the Huskies then
inbounded the ball to Thomas, who unloaded
a shot from the corner. Henson inexplicably
touched the ball just before it would have hit
the rim and the Washington bench erupted for
a goaltending call — not that it would have
mattered.
It turned out Thomas had his foot on the 3-
point line.
“I kind of felt like it was going to be short
because I had to fade away and had to get if
off quickly,” Thomas said.
weekend. He would match Bob Knight with a
victory in the regional final, and would pass
him with one win in Houston that also would
put the reigning national champions back in
the title game.
“There will be a lot of guys who will win
900 games eventually, but to be the first two
and for it to be a coach and his player to do it,
it’s something very unique,” Krzyzewski said.
Still, Michigan nearly made Coach K wait
until next year — or at least work overtime —
to try for No. 900.
Coach John Beilein frustrated Duke by
mixing his defenses, and Tim Hardaway Jr.
reeled off seven consecutive points down the
stretch, capped by a 3-pointer that made it 70-
69 with 1:27 remaining.
“That’s all we needed to do was make a
shot,” Beilein said “This has been (a) pretty
common thread with us this year, that we’ve
been able to get back because we play pretty
sound defense and we can hit a couple 3s
back to back and change a game.”
Duke milked the clock before Irving’s
banked-in jumper with 32 seconds left, but
Morris followed that with a layup that cut it to
72-71 with 10 seconds to go.
Duke fouled Smith with 8.7 seconds left,
and he made his first attempt but missed the
second. Zack Novak got the rebound and got
it to Morris, who headed straight for the lane
and put up Michigan’s last shot. After the
horn sounded, Morris lay face-down on the
floor and repeatedly slapped the court with
his palm in frustration.
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Bonds’judge tackles last of BALCO case

By Paul Elias
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry
Bonds’ lawyers and federal prose-
cutors bickered at length during a
recent hearing about the admissibil-
ity of a Playboy interview and photo
spread of Kimberly Bell, the slug-
ger’s former mistress.
When the issue came up, U.S.
District Judge Susan Illston looked
out at a packed courtroom and
sighed. She’s earned a reputation as
dignified and unflappable over 16
years on the bench, but at times the
buildup to Bonds’ perjury trial has
tested even her patience.
Illston comes to the Bonds cases,
which starts with jury selection on
Monday, having handled an enor-
mous variety of legal issues.
She’s sentenced child pornogra-
phers to prison. She’s overruled the
Bush administration by barring off-
road vehicles in the Mojave Desert.
She’s presided over a novel human
rights trial in which Nigerian vil-
lagers were demanding billions
from Chevron Corp. after accusing
it of backing the deadly military
putdown of a protest against the oil
giant. And she’s in charge of a com-
plex class-action lawsuit alleging
price fixing among companies that
manufacture television screens and
computer monitors.
Illston has kept a matter-of-fact
demeanor through it all. But when
prosecutors
announced in
2009, as the
Bonds trial
neared, that they
were appealing
an important
ruling of hers
barring critical
Barry Bonds evidence, the
judge didn’t
hide her anger. She lectured the
government lawyers about how dis-
ruptive and expensive their appeal
was to a court that was fully geared
up to accommodate a media circus.
Yet in the first hearing after the
prosecutors lost that appeal, Illston
neither gloated nor mentioned her
vindication. It was business as usual
again for a case that has dragged on
since Bonds’ indictment in 2007 —
and really since 2003, when the first
of the sports Bay Area Laboratory
Co-Operative (BALCO) doping
cases were assigned to her court-
room.
Legal motions
Since the new year began, the
Bonds case has generated a blizzard
of legal motions in the run up to
Monday’s trial. The slugger is
accused of making false statements
to a grand jury and obstructing jus-
tice by saying that he never know-
ingly took performance-enhancing
drugs, and Illston has been asked to
rule on legal issues small and large,
the Playboy dispute among them.
“I don’t really care to see the pho-
tograph,” Illston deadpanned at the
time. But she ruled that jurors could
read the Playboy article.
It was, legal observers said, the
latest example of Illston’s ability to
cut to the nub of legal disagree-
ments with straightforward and sen-
sible rulings. Prosecutors wanted
both items introduced and Bonds
lawyers wanted neither.
Illston split the dispute down the
middle.
Credibility
Jurors could use the Playboy
interview to help determine the
credibility of the former mistress,
who will testify that Bonds often
flew into steroid-induced rages dur-
ing their relationship. The photo-
graphs, the judge decided, were
prurient.
In recent weeks, she’s decided:
Bell can testify that Bonds’ testicles
shrank during their relationship (a
sign of steroid use) and longtime
clubhouse attendant Mike Murphy
can discuss Bonds’ hat size growing
(another sign) and other arcane
issues rarely heard in a federal
court.
The 62-year-old Illston presided
over nearly a dozen criminal cases,
two trials and countless headline-
making developments spawned by
the BALCO saga. But this one is
something of a milestone. The
Bonds case is the most famous —
and last one — connected to
BALCO.
Since his indictment in 2007,
Illston has tried to treat Bonds just
like the other defendants who
parade in front of her daily, even if
he is one of the nation’s best-known
sports figures, the holder of the all-
time home-run record (762) and the
single-season mark (73).
In December 2007, for instance,
she calmly read Bonds his rights
and then asked him to enter his plea
to perjury charges in the same
methodical manner she uses for
accused child pornographers and
alleged undocumented workers.
She made no mention and
betrayed no knowledge of the heli-
copters hovering over the court-
house and dozens of reporters and
photographs jostling for position
with hundreds of curious onlookers
waiting for Bonds’ exit that day.
Demeanor
Legal observers expect the same
demeanor on Monday.
“This not a judge who covets the
publicity of the high-profile cases,”
said defense attorney William
Keane, who represented the former
track coach Trevor Graham before
Illston. “She will do as good a job as
any judge I know to call things the
way she see them, without any con-
sideration for the publicity and
attention the case is receiving.”
Keane’s client was convicted after
a 2008 trial of making a false state-
ment to BALCO investigators, and
Illston sentenced Graham to one
year of house arrest. Prosecutors
had asked that Graham be sent to
prison for 10 months.
Illston, a mother of two sons, cut
her legal teeth at the plaintiffs firm
founded by major Democratic
fundraiser Joe Cotchett, first as a
clerk, then as an entry-level attorney
after graduation Stanford Law
School in 1973. Three years later
she was promoted to partner and
was in charge of the firm when
President Clinton appointed her to
the bench in 1995.
“It was clear to me then as it is
today that the woman is not only
very bright, but she is pragmatic and
very astute,” said Cotchett, who said
one of the reasons he hired her in
1973 was because of the “Get out of
Vietnam” sticker on her car.
“She’s the very epitome of pre-
pared,” said Cotchett, who remains
close to the judge. “She reads every-
thing.”
Illston declined to comment,
which Cotchett and others said is in
keeping with her low-profile per-
sona.
Cotchett said the judge is an
“avid” hiker and reads almost exclu-
sively nonfiction books during her
free time.
“There’s enough fiction in her
courtroom,” he said.

Wozniacki beats Bartoli to win BNP Paribas Open

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Top-
ranked Caroline Wozniacki defeated
Marion Bartoli 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 to win
the BNP Paribas Open a year after
the Dane lost in the final.
Wozniacki won her WTA Tour-
leading 19th match of the year and
her second title while appearing in
the final for her third consecutive
tournament.
Wozniacki won on her second
match point when Bartoli’s back-
hand sailed beyond the baseline.
Bartoli was straight year in the desert. She lost play like that throughout the years, I “I can keep playing out there for
playing in her in the first round in her 2007 debut, would be pretty happy,” Bartoli hours and hours,” Wozniacki said.
first final since reached the fourth round in 2008, said. “Even though I came up a bit “It’s definitely a good sign for me
2009, and she the quarterfinals in 2009 and was short at the end and she was better when I can see the opponent getting
fell to 2-6 in runner-up to Jelena Jankovic a year than me, I think it was really a great a little bit more tired. We had a lot
matches against ago. fight.” of long rallies, but I felt like I recov-
the No. 1 player. She earned $700,000, and was Wozniacki rolled through the first ered maybe a little bit faster than
To p - r a n k e d already assured of remaining No. 1 set, breaking Bartoli three times she did. That’s a good feeling to
Rafael Nadal through the upcoming two-week with well-placed shots that jerked have on my side.”
played No. 3 tournament in Miami. Bartoli is her from side to side and up and Bartoli earned the only two
Caroline
Novak Djokovic projected to be No. 10 when the back. breaks of the second set, when
Wozniacki
in the men’s rankings are released Monday, her Bartoli was breathing heavily Wozniacki seemed content to stay
final later Sunday. first time back in the Top 10 since throughout the match that was back and rally instead of trying to
The victory allowed Wozniacki to June 2008. played in 65-degree temperatures go for as many winners as she did in
improve her results for the fifth “If every single match I could under overcast skies. the opening set.
14 Monday • March 21, 2011 SPORTS THE DAILY JOURNAL

Kyle Busch sweeps Bristol again

By Jenna Fryer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRISTOL, Tenn. — The situation was per-
fect for Carl Edwards to issue some payback
on Kyle Busch.
Instead, Edwards passed on a chance to
knock Busch out of the lead over the closing
laps at Bristol Motor Speedway.
As Busch pulled away for Sunday’s win —
his fifth-straight dating back to last August at
the Tennessee track — Edwards regretted not
racing harder to potentially steal the victory.
The two have a history at Bristol, and
Edwards is still smarting from contact last
month at Phoenix that he believed wrecked a
car capable of winning the race.
“I told him after Phoenix that I still owe him
one, but I’ll save it up,” Edwards said. “I
thought I’d be able to race with him harder for
those last 15 to 20 laps, but he took off and I
just couldn’t get back to him to race. If I
would have known that was the only shot I
was going to have, I might have raced a little
harder.”
That Edwards considered revenge was a
surprise to Busch, who seemed mystified that
Edwards could be holding any sort of grudge
against him.
“I have no idea what I’m owed from, you’d
have to ask Carl,” Busch said, later adding
when asked specifically about Phoenix, “Carl
says what Carl says. I don’t know. And when
and where it comes, I do not know.”
It didn’t come Sunday after Busch beat
Edwards and Jimmie Johnson off pit road fol-
lowing the final pit stops. It gave him the lead
and ability to hold them off over the final 60
laps. The racing at the start of each restart was
intense, but Busch consistently pulled away
from Edwards to prevent any real challenge
for the win.
“I was trying to drive away from him so he
wouldn’t have the opportunity to get to me,”
Busch said of his strategy with Edwards.
“When he got to me that one time, I’m like
‘Oh, man. That was your shot. Nice try. You
didn’t get it done.’ I just thought, man, if I
could get away from him I wouldn’t have to
worry about it, so concentrate, get going.”
He did, pulling away to complete a sweep of
the weekend — he also won the second-tier
Nationwide Series race on Saturday — and it
was Busch’s fifth consecutive victory at Bristol
dating back to a three-race sweep last August.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NASCAR He’s now won five Cup races at Bristol,
Kyle Busch celebrates after winning at Bristol which ties him with older-brother Kurt in
Sunday. NASCAR’s top series, and has 11 victories
spanning the three national series.
Busch, who drives a Toyota for Joe Gibbs
Racing, dedicated the win to the manufactur-
er and its employees in Japan still trying to
recover from the March 11 earthquake and
tsunami.
Edwards settled for second and lamented
not pushing Busch harder after the final restart
with 37 laps remaining. Busch, Edwards and
Johnson pulled away from the field, and
Edwards had several opportunities to move
Busch’s No. 18 Toyota out of the way.
But Edwards, in a Ford for Roush Fenway
Racing, figured he’d have plenty of chances
closer to the finish, so he tried for a clean pass
as he and Busch raced side-by-side for sever-
al laps. Busch eventually pulled away, and
Edwards never had another shot.
“My gut told me there was going to be
another caution,” Edwards said of his decision
not to move Busch. “I figured we’d let it calm
down and we’d just race. It ended up the
fastest car at the end won the race. Hindsight
is 20/20, but that’s the way it panned out.”
Johnson, the defending race winner, fin-
ished third in his Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet and said he was waiting patiently
for a dustup between Busch and Edwards that
could have given him the win.

Kurt Busch takes points lead but wanted a win

By Jenna Fryer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Listening to
Kurt Busch on his team radio
Sunday gave the impression of a
miserable driver running at the back
of the pack.
In reality, he finished seventh at
Bristol Motor Speedway, took over
sole possession of the Sprint Cup
Series points standings, and became
the only driver to score top-10 fin-
ishes in all four of this season’s
races.
“We’ll take that,” he said after.
So why was he so frustrated dur-
ing the race?
“We just want Kyle with Kurt, who won five of 10
to get up there races between 2002 and 2006 but
and try to win hasn’t been back to Bristol’s Victory
one of these Lane since.
things,” he said. It’s hard to swallow for Busch,
“We’ll keep who doesn’t want to settle for good
pushing hard.” finishes. When his Penske Racing
Busch again team doesn’t make the adjustments
played second to get his car caught up with the
Kurt Busch fiddle to leaders, he doesn’t react well over
younger brother, the radio. At one point, he com-
Kyle, who won both the Sprint Cup plained that through six seasons at
and Nationwide Series races this Penske, he’s never been able to
weekend. Kyle Busch has now won compete once the tires lay rubber on
the last five NASCAR races at the track and blamed it on a
Bristol dating back to last August, mechanical flaw with Penske’s cars.
and has five Cup wins at Bristol. “We were in good position early
The five Bristol victories ties on, riding around in third and could
see the leaders,” he explained after
the race. “We pushed our car hard
on some of the restarts trying to get
up there and lead a lap. It just didn’t
seem we had the mojo to compete.”
But in big picture terms, Busch
stamped the race “a point-leader
type effort.”
———
MENARD ON THE MOVE:
With a fifth-place finish at Bristol,
Paul Menard continued as the most
consistent Richard Childress
Racing driver.
Menard has been the highest-fin-
ishing RCR driver in three of the
first four races this season, and he’s
fifth in points. He credited crew
chief Slugger Labbe, who came
with him when he left Richard Petty
Motorsports at the end of last sea-
son to drive for RCR.
“What’s cool is we’ve been to
four different race tracks and we’ve
had strong runs at all four,” Menard
said. “A testament to Slugger and
everyone at RCR. There is a lot of
talent up there. Slugger built a hell
of a race team and just having a lot
of fun right now.”
RCR teammate Kevin Harvick
was decent Sunday, leading once
for 37 laps, and he was running
third when he was hit from behind
by Mark Martin in a multicar acci-
dent.
THE DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS Monday • March 21, 2011 15

Arizona holds on to beat Texas

By Kurt Voight
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TULSA, Okla. — Arizona did-
n’t forget how to advance in its
one-year absence from the NCAA
tournament.
Derrick Williams’ three-point
play with 9.6 seconds remaining
lifted the Wildcats to a 70-69 win
over Texas in the third round of the
NCAA tournament Sunday night.
The Wildcats (29-7) led by as
many as 13 points in the first half
and were up for most of the game
before J’Covan Brown’s jumper
put the Longhorns ahead 69-67.
Williams misfired on a game-tying
attempt with 14.5 seconds
remaining, but Texas (28-8)
was called for a five-sec-
ond violation on the
inbound pass to give
Arizona one more
chance.
Replays appeared to
show the call came before
the count reached five.
Williams took advantage, slip-
ping to the baseline on a pick-and-
roll and taking the pass from Kyle
Fogg. His shot fell through to tie
the game, and his free throw put
the Wildcats into the regional
semifinals for the first time since
last year’s absence snapped a
25-year tournament streak.
Brown had one final
chance for the
Longhorns, driving the
length of the court and
into the lane. But he was
met by a trio of Arizona
defenders, including
Williams, and his wild shot
went high off the backboard and
missed. Time expired during the
battle for the rebound.
Jordan Hamilton opened the sec-
ond half by hitting each of his first
two 3-point attempts for Texas,
which closed to within 38-35 after
Cory Joseph curled off a screen for
a jumper.
The Longhorns stayed close for
the rest of the second half behind
Brown, who scored 21 of his 23
points after halftime. He was 13-
of-13 from the foul line, making
him a perfect 25-of-25 in two tour-
nament games.
Brown’s last basket appeared to
lift the Longhorns into the region-
al semifinals for the first time
since 2008.
But the five-second call and
Williams’ score proved too much
to overcome. Williams finished
with 17 points.
Neither team shot well in the
first half, but it was Arizona that
made the shots that mattered
most.
The Wildcats shot 38.7 percent
but were 6-of-11 on 3-point
attempts. Jordan Mayes hit all
three of his tries from behind the
arc and was 4-of-5 overall, with
his only miss coming on a fast-
break layup attempt.
Williams capped an 11-0 run
after he was fouled hard by his for-
mer AAU teammate Hamilton on a
breakaway and hit two free throws
to put Arizona up 19-2.

A’s McCarthy impressive Final sprint lifts Farah to

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Brandon

McCarthy’s goal is to earn the No. 5 spot in
Oakland’s rotation.
At this rate, that shouldn’t be a problem
because he is pitching like a No. 1.
The lanky right-hander threw seven innings
of shutout ball before tiring in the bottom of
the eighth and the Athletics went on to beat
the San Francisco Giants 6-4 in a matchup of
split-squads Sunday.
“He was very efficient. You look at any
inning and he rarely had to fight to get
through it. He has been pitching with consis-
tency for us all spring,” said Oakland bench
coach Joel Skinner, serving as manager while
manager Bob Geren was with the other squad
in Phoenix.
Chris Carter’s two-run triple past diving
Giants center fielder Andres Torres in the
eighth inning proved to be the difference for
Oakland.
The McCarthy gave up two runs on five
hits, struck out five and didn’t walk a batter.
He had a goal of 90 pitches, and threw 85. He
gave up hits to the first two hitters of the
eighth before departing.
Reliever Fernando Cabrera entered and
gave up a walk and an RBI groundout to
Freddy Sanchez before Aubrey Huff hit a
three-run homer, his fifth of the spring.
McCarthy is trying to bounce back from an
injury-plagued season. In 2010, he was on the
disabled list three times with shoulder prob-
lems. He was 4-2 in 11 games (nine starts) for
the Texas Rangers’ Triple-A affiliate in
Oklahoma City.
NYC Half-Marathon win
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the reigning NYC
Marathon champion,
NEW YORK — Mo Farah of England out- crossed in 1:09:00 and
sprinted Gebre Gebremariam in the final 200 American Kara Goucher
meters of the NYC Half-Marathon on Sunday, was third in 1:09:03.
edging the Ethiopian by 2 seconds in a scin- The race was a confi-
tillating finish along Manhattan’s West Side dence builder for Goucher,
Highway. who is preparing for the
The British runner raced past and then held Boston Marathon next
off Gebremariam, the 2010 New York City month after returning to
Mo Farah
Marathon champion, and American Galen racing only recently fol-
Rupp to cover the 13.1-mile course in 1 hour, lowing the birth of her son, Colt, less than six
23 seconds. Gebremariam placed second in months ago.
1:00:25 and Rupp third in 1:00:30. “I feel so relieved,” Goucher said. “Now I
“I know (Gebremariam) has a great kick to feel like I can really pull this out. I felt great.”
the finish,” Farah said. “As we got closer to Goucher ran her first marathon in New York
the line, I thought he would come with me, in 2008, finishing third in the fastest marathon
but I said to Galen, ’Let’s do this thing.”’ debut by an American woman. She also fin-
Caroline Rotich won the women’s race in ished third in Boston in 2009 and won a
1:08:52, pulling away from fellow Kenyan bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the 2007
Edna Kiplagat in the last mile. Kiplagat, also world championships.
16 Monday • March 21, 2011 SPORTS THE DAILY JOURNAL

No upset here: Kansas downs Illinois

By Jeff Latzke
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TULSA, Okla. — In a bracket
filled with upsets, top-seeded
Kansas is jumping for joy.
Twin brothers Marcus and
Markieff Morris combined for 41
points and 24 rebounds, powering
Kansas past Illinois 73-59 on
Sunday night to ensure the
Jayhawks wouldn’t make an open-
ing-weekend exit from the NCAA
tournament for the second straight
year.
The Morris twins scored 24 of
Kansas’ first 29 points in the second
half, punctuated by consecutive
two-handed slams by Markieff that
made it 62-51 with 3:51 to play.
After an Illinois turnover at the
other end, the twins each followed
Tyshawn Taylor in making leaping
spins into teammates to start a time-
out.
The Jayhawks (34-2) avoided
revisiting their loss to another No. 9
seed, Northern Iowa, exactly a year
earlier and also on Oklahoma soil.
Instead, they’re moving on in a
bracket filled with underdogs.
No. 11 seed VCU and 12th-seed-
ed Richmond will join them in the
Southwest regional semifinals in
San Antonio. Kansas plays
Richmond on Friday.
Mike Davis led the Fighting Illini
(20-14) with 17 points and seven
rebounds. Star point guard Demetri
McCamey was hardly a factor, fin-
ishing with just six points and seven
assists.
McCamey didn’t make his first
basket of the second half until there
was 2:15 left, after Markieff Morris
followed his earlier throwdowns
with another two-handed alley-oop
slam that he had to reach down and
retrieve before dunking to make it
66-51.
That completed a 10-0 surge that
finally put away the Fighting Illini
— hardly a small-time upstart with
a senior-laden roster featuring pro
prospects McCamey and Davis,
who both put their names into the
NBA draft before returning for one
last season.
The Jayhawks had been down this
road before, and never liked it
much. Before Northern Iowa, they
had another bad experience in
Oklahoma City back in 1998, head-
ing home early after a loss to
eighth-seeded Rhode Island. Back
in 1992, Kansas lost to No. 9 seed
UTEP in Dayton, Ohio. All time,
the Jayhawks were just 3-2 against
No. 9 seeds in their second tourna-
ment game.
Stanford is the only other team
that’s failed even twice to make it to
the round of 16 as a top seed.
There’s nothing more to add to
that dubious history now.

Nowitzki and Stojakovic MLB SPRING TRAINING NBA GLANCE NHL GLANCE
lead Mavs past Warriors AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit
W
17
L
9
Pct
.654
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS defense. W L Pct GB
Kansas City 14 8 .636 y-Boston 49 19 .721 — x-Philadelphia 44 19 8 96 228 190
Carlisle burned a 20-second time- Seattle 12 7 .632 Philadelphia 36 34 .514 14 Pittsburgh 41 23 8 90 208 177
DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki out with 9:04 left in the first quarter Toronto 12 9 .571 New York 35 34 .507 14 1/2 N.Y.Rangers 39 30 4 82 215 179
scored 20 points, Peja Stojakovic Minnesota 12 10 .545 New Jersey 22 46 .324 27 New Jersey 34 34 4 72 154 182
to chew out his team over its defen- Boston 12 13 .480 Toronto 20 49 .290 29 1/2 N.Y.Islanders 28 33 12 68 203 233
added 17, and Dallas Mavericks got sive effort, and the Mavericks Los Angeles 11 12 .478 Southeast Division Northeast Division
back on track with a 101-73 victory responded by holding Golden State Baltimore 10 11 .476 W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
Cleveland 10 11 .476 x-Miami 48 22 .686 —
over the Golden State Warriors on to an opponent season-low point Texas 10 12 .455 x-Orlando 44 26 .629 4 Boston 39 22 10 88 213 175
Montreal 40 26 7 87 200 185
Sunday night. total. New York 9 12 .429 Atlanta 40 30 .571 8
Buffalo 35 28 9 79 214 208
Charlotte 28 41 .406 19 1/2
Stojakovic returned from a six- The Warriors crept within 60-56 Tampa Bay 9 12 .429
Washington 17 51 .250 30 Toronto 32 31 10 74 192 225
Oakland 10 14 .417
game absence due to a stiff neck and early in the third quarter on Ellis’ Chicago 8 14 .364 Central Division Ottawa 27 36 9 63 164 223
W L Pct GB Southeast Division
went 5 for 8 from behind the 3-point basket, but the Mavs finished the y-Chicago 49 19 .721 — W L OT Pts GF GA
arc to give the Mavs a long-distance quarter with a 16-7 spurt for a 76-63 NATIONAL LEAGUE Indiana
Milwaukee
30 40 .429
28 41 .406
20
21 1/2
Washington 42 21 10 94 198 176
threat they’ve been missing. edge. W L Pct Detroit 25 45 .357 25
Tampa Bay 39 22 11 89 214 217
Carolina 33 29 10 76 201 214
Rodrigue Beaubois contributed 15 Dallas went on to lead by as many San Francisco 18 8 .692 Cleveland 13 55 .191 36 Atlanta 30 30 12 72 202 238
points, Tyson Chandler pulled down Colorado 15 8 .652
as 29 in the fourth quarter. Atlanta 14 8 .636 Florida 29 33 10 68 182 198
17 rebounds, and Ian Mahinmi col- The teams met for the second time Philadelphia 15 9 .625 WESTERN CONFERENCE
lected 13 boards for the Mavericks, in five days. In the last matchup, Cincinnati
Milwaukee
14
13
9
9
.609
.591
Southwest Division WESTERN CONFERENCE
who had lost four of six. Golden State raced to an 18-point St.Louis 12 10 .545
W L Pct GB Central Division
x-San Antonio 56 13 .812 —
Monta Ellis had 18 points for the first-half lead before Dallas rallied New York 11 12 .478 x-Dallas 49 21 .700 7 1/2
W L OT Pts GF GA
San Diego 10 11 .476 Detroit 43 21 8 94 233 204
Warriors, who have lost four for a 112-106 road win. New Orleans 40 31 .563 17
Chicago 39 25 8 86 234 202
Washington 10 12 .455 Memphis 38 32 .543 18 1/2
straight. Stojakovic buried 3-pointers on Pittsburgh 10 14 .417 Houston 37 34 .521 20 Nashville 38 25 10 86 190 172
Recent defeats to fellow Western Dallas’ first three possessions of the Chicago 10 15 .400 Northwest Division Columbus 33 29 10 76 195 218
Houston 10 16 .385 W L Pct GB St.Louis 32 31 9 73 201 214
Conference powers San Antonio and second quarter, expanding an eight- Los Angeles 9 15 .375 Oklahoma City 45 24 .652 — Northwest Division
the Lakers were blows to the point lead to 40-23 with 10:24 left Florida 8 14 .364 Denver 41 29 .586 4 1/2 W L OT Pts GF GA
Mavericks’ collective ego, and with until halftime. Arizona 8 19 .296 Portland 40 29 .580 5 y-Vancouver 47 17 9 103 238 172
Utah 36 34 .514 9 1/2 Calgary 37 27 10 84 226 214
the playoffs approaching, coach Notes: C Andris Biedrins NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; Minnesota 17 54 .239 29 Minnesota 35 30 8 78 185 204
Rick Carlisle was eager for his team (sprained left ankle) missed his sec- games against non-major league teams do not. Pacific Division Colorado 27 36 8 62 198 250
W L Pct GB
to get back on track, especially on ond straight game for the Warriors. L.A.Lakers 49 20 .710 —
Edmonton 23 39 10 56 175 237
Sunday’s Games Pacific Division
Pittsburgh 3,Houston (ss) 1 Phoenix 35 33 .515 13 1/2 W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto 3,Minnesota 0 Golden State 30 40 .429 19 1/2
L.A.Clippers 27 44 .380 23 San Jose 42 23 8 92 211 191
SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI Detroit 6,Washington 1 Phoenix 39 24 11 89 213 207
N.Y.Yankees 8,Philadelphia 1 Sacramento 17 51 .250 31 1/2
Los Angeles 40 26 6 86 197 176
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Florida 5,N.Y.Mets 0 Anaheim 40 27 5 85 204 208
Atlanta 5,Houston (ss) 3 x-clinched playoff spot Dallas 38 25 9 85 203 202
vs.St. Louis vs.Calgary @ Kings St.Louis 10,Boston 3 y-clinched division
7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Baltimore 9,Tampa Bay 8 Two points for a win,one point for overtime loss.
CSN-CAL CSN-CAL CSN-CAL Texas 5,Kansas City 2 Sunday’s Games
L.A.Dodgers 9,Chicago White Sox 7 Washington 98,New Jersey 92
Cleveland 5,Arizona (ss) 3 Sunday’s Games
Atlanta 104,Detroit 96 N.Y.Rangers 5,Pittsburgh 2
Oakland (ss) 6,San Francisco (ss) 4 Milwaukee 100,New York 95
Arizona (ss) 4,Oakland (ss) 2 Nashville 4,Buffalo 3,OT
@ Dallas @ Spurs @ Houston vs Raptors Phoenix 108,L.A.Clippers 99 New Jersey 3,Columbus 0
Seattle 4,San Diego 1 Sacramento 127,Minnesota 95
4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati 9,Milwaukee 8 Montreal 8,Minnesota 1
CSN-BAY
Houston 110,Utah 108
CSN-BAY CSN-BAY CSN-BAY Chicago Cubs 3,San Francisco (ss) 2,10 innings Toronto 95,Oklahoma City 93 Chicago 2,Phoenix 1
Colorado 6,L.A.Angels 6,tie,10 innings Dallas 101,Golden State 73 Anaheim 5,Calgary 4,OT
THE DAILY JOURNAL
H
ave you hugged your rat today?
You might find this message on a
T-shirt at the seventh annual
“Wonderful World of Rats” event at
PHS/SPCA April 3. My rat is smarter than
your honor student is another one. You
might be able to pick up that bumper stick-
er. Each year, PHS/SPCA opens our audi-
torium to Rattie Ratz and they put on a
free family fun fest dedicated to promoting
domestic pet rats as companion animals.
This year’s event is noon to 4 p.m. Don’t
snicker, they are a legitimate rat
rescue/nonprofit and their mission is to res-
cue rats, provide resources and referrals.
They let their hair down once a year to
throw a big rat party and we let them use
our space. They’re good people doing
good work — really, not very different
from Lab Rescue or any of the other breed
specific dog and cat rescue groups. The
upcoming rat fest will feature actual
domestic rats available for adoption, quali-
ty supplies for purchase, volunteers who
can answer questions about rat care, fun
crafts and games (Pin the tail on the rat?
Bobbing for mozzarella? Duck, duck, rat
for the little ones?), hourly door prizes and
a photo contest. It’s a rat-a-palooza. If you
are the big cheese in your family, make
plans to scurry in. PHS/SPCA almost
always has a rat or two available for adop-
tion. In general, they are very social, enjoy
being held, and just may be the ideal pet
for you and your children. Rats clean
themselves and really have not earned the
“dirty rat” association. Well, they get lazy
every now and then occasionally need help
with hygiene, but who doesn’t. A pea-sized
drop of children’s shampoo or a mild oat-
meal shampoo will do the trick. If you are
looking for a smart, friendly and easier
first-time companion animal to add to your
family, consider a rat. For more info, see
www.thewonderfulworldofrats.com.
Scott oversees PHS/SPCA’s Customer
Service, Behavior and Training, Education,
Outreach, Field Services, Cruelty
Investigation, Volunteer and Media/PR
program areas and staff. His companion,
Murray, oversees him.
DATEBOOK Monday • March 21, 2011 17
‘Limitless’tops box office
By Christy Lemire
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — There was no stopping
“Limitless” at the box office.
The sci-fi thriller opened at No. 1 this
weekend with $19 million, according to stu-
dio estimates Sunday.
The film from Relativity Media stars
Bradley Cooper as a struggling writer who
takes a magical pill that allows him to tap into
his maximum brain potential. Suddenly he’s
cleaned up, making millions and wowing
everyone he meets. Robert De Niro co-stars
as a financial guru who’s fascinated by him,
with Abbie Cornish as Cooper’s skeptical
girlfriend.
“Limitless” broke out of a crowded pack of
new releases and holdovers to take the top
spot.
Last week’s No. 1, the alien invasion movie
“Battle: Los Angeles,” fell to third place with
$14.6 million. The Sony Pictures release has
now made an estimated $60.6 million in two
weeks. Coming in second was the animated
Western “Rango,” featuring the voice of
Johnny Depp as a chameleon who’s stuck in
the desert. The Paramount film made $15.3
million for a three-week total of nearly $92.6
million.
It was a slow weekend, with the other new
releases battling for the fourth and fifth spots.
At No. 4 was the Lionsgate thriller “The “Limitless”was the weekend’s top grossing movie at the box office.
guys want to have a beer with him. But he’s no
Lincoln Lawyer” starring Matthew
overnight star — he’s been around for a while.”
McConaughey as a sleazy defense attorney on
a high-profile case. It made an estimated
Top ten movies On the other end of the success spectrum is
“Mars Needs Moms!” which came in eighth
$13.4 million. In fifth place was “Paul,” with 1.“Limitless,”$19 million.
Seth Rogen providing the voice of a pot- place this week with just $5.3 million. The 3-
2.“Rango,”$15.3 million. D animated adventure movie from Disney,
smoking, wise-cracking alien who befriends a 3.“Battle:Los Angeles,”$14.6 million.
couple of British sci-fi geeks, played by about a little boy who follows his mom when
4.“The Lincoln Lawyer,”$13.4 million.
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (who also wrote aliens kidnap her and take her to Mars, cost an
5.“Paul,”$13.2 million
the script). The Universal Pictures comedy estimated $150 million to make. It’s only
6.“Red Riding Hood,”$7.3 million.
made about $13.2 million. grossed about $15.4 million in two weeks and
7.“The Adjustment Bureau,”$5.9 million has just 38 percent positive reviews on the
Kyle Davies, Relativity’s president of the- 8.“Mars Needs Moms!”$5.3 million.
atrical distribution, said he thinks “Limitless” Rotten Tomatoes website.
9.“Beastly,”$3.3 million. “It’s inexplicable,” Dergarabedian said.
stood out this weekend through a combination 10.“Hall Pass,”$2.6 million.
of its marketing message and good word of “Families need entertainment, so if a new
mouth. family film comes out — whether it’s ‘Rango’
“This was a thriller but a very different kind following ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’ or ‘Mars Needs
erful?” — went a long way in luring audi- Moms!’ following ‘Rango,’ you figure they’re
of thriller,” he said. “It was a unique angle on ences, said Hollywood.com analyst Paul
a traditional genre.” going to see it.
Dergarabedian: “The art of the tagline has “I don’t think people stayed away from
Davies also pointed to Cooper’s appeal as a sort of been lost and this brought it back.”
factor in the film’s success. “Limitless” ‘Mars Needs Moms!’ because it’s in 3-D,” he
And certainly the front-and-center presence added. “This is not a referendum on 3-D.”
allowed the star of “The Hangover” and “The of the blue-eyed Cooper,
A-Team” to show a more dramatic side. who’s also an executive pro-
“He’s coming into his own as a leading ducer on the film, didn’t hurt.
man. I think he appeals to men and women,” “He could be America’s new
he said. “And De Niro is just awesome in leading man,” Dergarabedian
this.”
said. “He can do comedy, he
The simple tagline on the film’s posters — can do action, he can do drama.
“What if a pill could make you rich and pow- Women love to look at him and
18 Monday • March 21, 2011
Birth announcements:
Michael and Jennifer Bugarini, of
Newark, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Hospital Feb. 27.
Scott Feldstein and Thanh Duong, of
Foster City, gave birth to a baby boy at
Sequoia Hospital Feb. 27.
James and Mariana Pease, of Redwood
City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Hospital Feb. 28.
David and Gloria Comfort, of Redwood
City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Hospital March 1.
Darin and Cythina Fisher, of San Carlos,
gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital
March 1.
Gary and Debora Blucher, of San
Carlos, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia
Hospital March 1.
Bo and Michele Roderick, of Redwood
City, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia
Hospital March 1.
Kamesh Kompella and Swapna
Yeleswarapu, of Foster City gave birth to a
baby boy at Sequoia Hospital March 1.
Shawn and Samantha Southerd, of
Redwood City, gave birth to a baby boy at
Sequoia Hospital March 2.
Paul and Amy Connors, of San Mateo,
gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital
March 3.
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Huber and Matiana Rodriguez, of San
Carlos, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Hospital March 3.
Sunil Das and Anita Dash, of Foster City,
DAY OF THE HORSE
gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital
March 3.
Kenneth Kettell and Bree Pfrang, of San
Carlos, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia
Hospital March 3.
Uday and Diviya Kapoor, of San Jose,
gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital
March 4.
Richard and Tereasa Nee, of San Carlos,
gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital
March 4.
Robert and Suzanne Clarkson, of
Mountain View, gave birth to a baby girl at
Sequoia Hospital March 4.
Narenda and Jyotsana Dandekar, of
Foster City, gave birth to a baby girl at
Sequoia Hospital March 6.
Juan Ibarra and Griselda Torres, of
Redwood City, gave birth to a baby girl at
Sequoia Hospital March 7.
Alexander Chriss and Michelle Ciricillo,
of Redwood city, gave birth to a baby boy at
Sequoia Hospital March 8.
Josh Flowers and Maria Restrepo
Flowers, of Gilroy, gave birth to a baby girl
at Sequoia Hospital March 8.
Christopher and Shelley Berger, of
Redwood City, gave birth to a baby girl at
Sequoia Hospital March 8.
Ronald and Rachel Kinder, of San Jose,
gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital NAN MEEKS
March 9. Woodside Day of the Horse co-chairs Fentress Hall (left) and Donna Poy (center) reveal
John Houghton and Jodi Weidler, of “Racing the Wind”by Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey as “Calvin”and Adeline Forrest model the
Foster City, gave birth to a baby girl at Oct. 8 event’s 2011 “Mardi Gras”theme.Now in its seventh year,Woodside Day of the
Sequoia Hospital March 9. Horse is a fun-filled Town Horse Fair and Trail Ride that draws participants from all over
Michael and Corinne Burke, of California on the second Saturday in October to ride in one of the largest trail rides in the
Sausalito, gave birth to a baby girl at Western United States.For more information about the Woodside Day of the Horse,visit
Sequoia Hospital March 10. www.whoa94062.org.
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TAX
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erations for businesses with more than
five or 10 employees. The options will
be discussed tonight.
Vice Mayor Jerry Deal, who previous-
ly favored a new business tax, is now
concerned about any tax increase.
“I’m very concerned about increasing
taxes. I’m having a hard time with it,”
Deal said.
Burlingame has a flat $100 annual
business fee which has not been
increased since 1978, according to the
city’s website. Noting the flat fee may
not be fair when comparing small and
large businesses, staff brought the con-
versation forward about a tiered rate.
Staff didn’t recommend any increase
FOOD
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Christina’s and Gina’s mother, Ana, who
spent her childhood divided between
Italy and Chile before moving to the
United States some 40 years ago.
“My mom is the inspiration,” said
Christina. “She’s also the chef. My sister
is the cashier and I’m a sort of sous
chef.”
The trio prepares the food in a profes-
sional kitchen, La Cocina, in San
Francisco and then finishes the dishes in
the food truck.
Located in the Mission District in San
Francisco, “La Cocina is a ground-
breaking business incubator designed to
reduce the obstacles that often prevent
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tion. While no GOP legislators have
stepped forward in support of the plan,
Brown could have a slightly easier time
trying to sway Republicans this week
now that their state party convention has
closed. A conservative faction within the
California Republican Party, which met
this weekend in Sacramento, wanted to
label as a traitor any GOP lawmaker
who votes for the governor’s plan. But
the faction withdrew its “traitors” reso-
lution at the last minute, with the author
saying she regretted its “negative lan-
guage.”
Republican lawmakers no longer have
the convention hanging over their heads,
although most have signed pledges
against raising taxes.
“The state isn’t broke, it’s broken,”
Sen. Joel Anderson, R-La Mesa, said as
he argued against putting the tax exten-
sions on the ballot during a floor debate
on the budget plan last week.
He and other Republicans argued that
more taxes would drive away employers
and harm the economy.
Brown is resting his hopes on a group
of five Republican senators who have
left open the possibility of compromise
if the governor is willing to bend on pen-
sion reforms, a state spending cap and
regulatory changes, primarily to state
environmental laws.
Republicans pose Brown’s top chal-
lenge now because he already corralled
Democrats behind his spending cuts last
Wednesday and Thursday, when many
of them noted how difficult it was for
them to cast those votes. Most of the
nearly $14 billion in cuts, loans and
transfers were approved with little or
sometimes no Republican support.
Democrats complained that
Republicans appeared unwilling to sup-
port either spending cuts or the special
election calling for an extension of the
tax increases. Republicans remained
focused on the structural changes they
said are necessary to right the state’s
finances over the long term.
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but estimated the revenue from increas-
ing the tax by $100 increments based on
employee numbers.
There are 544 Burlingame businesses
with 10 or more employees. Raising the
tax for these businesses by an additional
$100 to $400 would generate $54,400 to
$217,600 respectively, Nava wrote. If
the number of employees was dropped
to five, the number of businesses
increases to 992. Raising the tax for
these businesses by an additional $100
to $400 would generate $99,200 to
$396,800, Nava wrote.
Some of the businesses counted are in
the Burlingame Avenue or Broadway
business improvement districts, which
has an additional assessment. If the city
were to proceed with new business tax
rates, a credit of some sort for the
assessment could be built in, City
Attorney Gus Guinan previously said.
Such a tax would need voter approval
entrepreneurs from creating successful
and sustainable businesses,” reads the
commercial kitchen’s website. “We
focus primarily on women from com-
munities of color and immigrant com-
munities. Our vision is that entrepre-
neurs will become economically self-
sufficient and contribute to a vibrant
economy doing what they love to do.”
Social media like Twitter and
Facebook allow people to track the
truck’s location. Christina and her sister
post the truck’s schedule online, and are
always looking for new locations to
service. The mobility of the truck allows
Mama’s Empanadas to adapt to the mar-
ket. Marina Boulevard in Brisbane and
Oyster Point in South San Francisco are
popular locations, although the truck
frequents other Peninsula locations like
Redwood Shores and San Mateo, as
well.
“The reductions that are being made
are not really necessary,” said
Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-
Dana Point. “We need to start at the state
bureaucracy before we start cutting from
the really needy.”
The cuts targeted welfare recipients,
poor families in need of health care for
their children, the disabled and college
students and their families.
About a dozen activists, some in
wheelchairs, disrupted the weekend
Republican Party convention at a hotel
across from the Capitol, protesting the
social service cuts and saying the
Legislature needs to broaden the state’s
tax base. They carried signs reading
“Tax the rich” and “Tax big oil,“ an
apparent reference to previous attempts
to tax companies that drill for oil in
California.
Among them was Sheela Gunn-
Cushman, who is blind, has cerebral
palsy and receives in-home supportive
services, Supplemental Security Income
and Medi-Cal. She lay on the floor of the
hotel Saturday in a show of civil disobe-
dience against the cuts.
“I don’t think that money should be
taken away from people,” said Gunn-
Cushman, 39, a registered Republican.
If all Democrats support the gover-
nor’s call for a special election, two
Republican votes are needed in the
Assembly and the Senate to authorize it.
The Legislature, which reconvenes
Monday, also acted on Brown’s plan to
make local governments more responsi-
ble for some services now provided by
the state. For example, the Legislature
voted to give counties more responsibil-
ity over inmates and parolees.
Democrats said they were frustrated
that because Republicans did not agree
with all parts of the governor’s budget
plan, they said they would not vote for
any of it.
“Why is it in this case, if you only
have half a loaf, you don’t have a loaf at
all?” said Bob Blumenfield, a Democrat
from Sherman Oaks and chairman of the
Assembly Budget Committee.
A two-thirds majority vote also is
needed to pass SB77, which would elim-
inate the state’s more than 400 redevel-
in a general election. Funds from it
would go into the general fund but is
also one of two ways the city could
cover costs of updating downtown
Burlingame.
The City Council also discussed creat-
ing an assessment district of the
Burlingame Avenue properties to cover
the estimated $8 million shortfall for a
$9 million water and sewer infrastruc-
ture project. An assessment district,
unlike the business tax, would require a
simple majority protest vote only of the
affected 50 property owners.
The council meets 7 p.m. Monday,
March 21 at City Hall, 501 Primrose
Road.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-mail:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
The empanadas they serve, which
start at $4, range from spicy beef to
spring vegetable, while the soup is
always vegetarian. There is homemade
polenta and Gina recently started adding
her fresh cookies to the menu.
“I come once a week, when they are
here,” said Geraldine Niemczyk, who
works in a building on Marina
Boulevard near the parking lot where the
truck stops frequently. “It’s really good.
It’s fast, it’s convenient and they have a
good variety.”
To find out where Mama’s Empanadas
will be parked, follow them on Facebook
a t
http://www.facebook.com/MamasEmpa
nadasSF and on Twitter at http://twit-
ter.com/#!/MamaEmpanadasSF. You
may also reach them by phone at 650-
281-6431.
opment agencies, saving $1.7 billion.
The Legislature could pass parts of the
bill with a majority vote, but the entire
package, which involves transferring
property tax revenue from redevelop-
ment agencies to schools, police and
other local services, requires the super-
majority.
Another $2.3 billion would come
from SB79, which would eliminate tax
benefits on enterprise zones and require
multi-state businesses to calculate taxes
to California based on the state’s per-
centage of their overall sales.
Numerous business and law enforce-
ment groups around the state have
backed the governor’s budget plan,
agreeing that erasing nearly $27 billion
from state spending might do more harm
to the economy than a plan that balances
spending cuts with the tax extensions.
Brown has been negotiating with law-
makers for weeks in an attempt to build
support for his plan. He has said that if
voters reject the tax extensions, he will
interpret that as their approval of an all-
cuts budget plan.
In recent weeks, advocates for educa-
tion, health, public safety, labor and
state employees have demonstrated
around the Capitol, urging lawmakers to
authorize the special election.
A Field Poll released last week found
that a majority of California voters favor
putting the tax question on the ballot.
The state Department of Finance esti-
mates the tax hikes have cost
Californians $260 a year on a per-capita
basis since they were implemented in
2009. The increase in the personal
income tax alone costs $125 to an indi-
vidual earning $40,000 a year, or $320
to couples who make $100,000 a year
and file their taxes jointly.
Exactly when the Legislature must
consent to the ballot measure is a gray
area.
If Californians are to vote on June 7,
as Brown wants, overseas voters must
receive their ballots 60 days in advance,
or April 7. Gil Duran, a spokesman for
Brown, said that’s also the governor’s
birthday, and he’s hoping lawmakers
will give him something to celebrate.
“Let’s cross our fingers,” Duran said.
Monday • March 21, 2011
Calendar
MONDAY, MARCH 21
Notre Dame High School Blood
Drive. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Notre Dame
High School, 1540 Ralston Ave.,
Belmont. For more information or to
register to donate visit
bloodheroes.com and use sponsor
code NDHS.
South San Francisco Trains
Program. 7 p.m. Magnolia Senior
Center, 601 Grand Ave., South San
Francisco. Cris Hart, founder and
president of San Francisco Trains,
will speak about the construction of
the Bayshore Bypass, Yards and
Roundhouse, followed by a reception
with desserts, coffee and sherbet
punch. Free. For more information e-
mail sommer@plsinfo.org.
League of Women Voters. 7 p.m. to
9 p.m. Chetcuti Room, Library Plaza,
450 Poplar Ave., Millbrae. General
Meeting: The role of the federal gov-
ernment in public education. For
more information call 342-5853.
Dance Connection, live music by
Nob Hill Sounds with a St. Paddy’s
Day theme. Open dance 7:30 p.m.-
10 p.m. Burlingame Woman’s Club,
241 Park Road in Burlingame. $8
members, $10 guests. For more infor-
mation call 342-2221.
Comedy Monday Hosted by Dan
St. Paul. 8 p.m. Club Fox, 2209
Broadway, Redwood City. $10. For
more information call 369-7770.
TUESDAY, MARCH 22
Local History talk with author
Joanne Garrison. 6:30 p.m. San
Mateo Main Library, 55 W. Third
Ave., San Mateo. Joanne Garrison,
author of ‘Burlingame Centennial
1908-2008,’ will share the dramatic
history of the unlikely founding of
San Mateo, Burlingame and
Hillsborough. Free. For more infor-
mation call 522-7818.
Breaking the Stigma: Teen Stress. 7
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Cubberly
Community Center Room H-1, 4000
Middlfield Road, Palo Alto. A panel
of local mental health experts will
discuss the issues facing the teen
community. Free. For more informa-
tion go to acs-teens.org.
Spring Music Concert. 7 p.m.
Carrington Hall at Sequoia High
School, 1201 Brewster Ave.,
Redwood City. Featuring perform-
ances by the orchestra, choir, band
and jazz ensemble. $5 general admis-
sion. For more information visit
www.sequoiahs.org
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
Clayful Shapes and Bodies of
Work. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Main
Gallery, 1018 Main St., Redwood
City. Drawings, watercolors, figura-
tive sculptures and wall pieces creat-
ed by Michael Ruiz and Catherine
Merrill. Exhibit continues until April
24. For more information go to the-
maingallery.org.
Junior Matrons. 11:30 a.m. Mahany
Hall, 1336 Arroyo Ave., San Carlos.
Join us for a social gathering, fol-
lowed by a noon lunch, meeting and
program. For more information call
780-9620.
City Talk Toastmasters Club
Meeting. 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Redwood City Main Library, 1044
Middlefield Road, Redwood City.
Join us in a friendly and supportive
atmosphere to improve your commu-
nication and leadership skills. For
more information call (202)390-
7555.
French Themed Family Style
Buffet Dinner. 5:45 p.m. to 7:30
p.m. First Presbyterian Church of
Burlingame, 1500 Easton Drive,
Burlingame. Dinner will be followed
by a short music program and then an
optional talk. $6 per person. For more
information call 224-2190.
Cooking Demo & Tasting: Italian
Delights. 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. New
Leaf Community Markets, 150 San
Mateo Road, Half Moon Bay. Watch
and learn as Chef Amy Fotherfill pre-
pares easy and delicious Italian
courses, including shrimp scampi
risotto and tiramisu. $20. Pre-regis-
tration required. For more informa-
tion or to register go to newleaf.com.
Hillsdale High School Theatre
presents The Princess Bride. 7 p.m.
Hillsdale Auditorium, Hillsdale High
School, 3115 Del Monte St., San
Mateo. Watch Hillsdale’s creative
spin on this 1980s cult classic pres-
ents an entertaining experience com-
plete with laughter and magic. $10
students, $15 general admission. For
more infrormation call 415-269-
3187.
The San Francisco Flower &
Garden Show. 10 a.m. 1346
Saratoga Drive, San Mateo. Single
day tickets are $20, multi- day passes
are $25, admission after 3pm daily is
$15, and children under 16 are free
anytime. For more information visit
www.sfgardenshow.com.
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
New Leaf Community Day Benefits
Coastside Childhood Development.
8 a.m. to 9 p.m. New Leaf
Community Markets, 150 San Mateo
Road, Half Moon Bay. Check out this
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benefit and 5 percent of the day’s
sales at New Leaf Community
Markets will be donated to Coastside
Childhood Development. For more
information contact patti@bondmar-
com.com
“Work with Passion in Mid-Life.”
6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. Silicon Valley
Community Foundation, 1300 S. El
Camino Real, San Mateo.
Phase2Careers will sponsor “Work
with Passion in Mid-Life,” an
evening with best selling author,
Nancy Anderson. $15 pre-registra-
tion, $20 at door. For more informa-
tion call 438-1704.
Aragon High School presents ‘The
Grapes of Wrath.’ 7 p.m. Aragon
High School Memorial Theater, 900
Alameda, San Mateo. A dramatiza-
tion of John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize-
winning study of the American soul.
Continues on March 25 and 26 at 7
p.m. and March 27 at 2 p.m. $15 ($17
at the door) for adults, $10 for stu-
dents and seniors. For more informa-
tion go to aragondrama.com.
EBay workshop. 7 p.m. San Carlos
Library, 610 Elm St., San Carlos.
Learn about the popular online auc-
tion site. Free. For more information
call 591-0341.
FRIDAY, MARCH 25
Community Resource Faire 2011.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Belmont Parks &
Recreation Department, 20 Twin
Pines Lane, Belmont.Enjoy refresh-
ments, blood pressure testing,
demonstrations, information servic-
es, giveaways and vendor door
prizes. Free. For more information
call 595-7444.
Phil Waddingham Solo. 6 p.m. to 9
p.m. 16 Mile House Restaurant, 448
Broadway, Millbrae. Phil
Waddingham hones his craft with
rock n roll, R & B, country swing and
more. For more information call 525-
4535.
Aragon High School presents ‘The
Grapes of Wrath.’ 7 p.m. Aragon
High School Memorial Theater, 900
Alameda, San Mateo. A dramatiza-
tion of John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize-
winning study of the American soul.
Continues on March 26 at 7 p.m. and
March 27 at 2 p.m. $15 ($17 at the
door) for adults, $10 for students and
seniors. For more information go to
aragondrama.com.
Burlingame Intermediate School
Presents “The Wizard of Oz.” 7
p.m. Burlingame Intermediate
School Auditorium, 1715 Quesada
Way, Burlingame. $8. For tickets and
more information visit bi-bsd-
ca.schoolloop.com/wizardofoz.
New Century Chamber Orchestra
presents ‘Mastery of Schubert.’ 8
p.m. First United Methodist Church
of Palo Alto, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo
Alto. Bay Area soprano Melody
Moore and violin soloist Nadja
Salerno-Sonnenberg join the orches-
tra for an evening of Schubert.
Tickets from $29 to $49. For more
information or to buy tickets go to
ncco.org.
Ruth Gerson at Angelica’s Bistro. 8
p.m. Angelica’s Bistro, 863 Main St.,
Redwood City. Singer-songwriter,
vocal coach and inventor Ruth
Gerson will perform. $12 in advance,
$16 at the door. For more information
go to ruthgerson.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Japan Relief Fundraiser. 8 a.m. to
noon. Elks Lodge, 920 Stonegate
Drive, South San Francisco. Mean is
a buffet consisting of eggs, pancakes,
sausage, bacon, potatoes, fresh fruit,
coffee and tea. $10 with all proceeds
going to the victims in Japan.
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smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
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(408)280-7039 or (888)340-2273
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HOME CLEANING with flex hours,
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atmosphere. No nights, no holidays.
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HR Department 570-7663
110 Employment 110 Employment 110 Employment 110 Employment
NEWSPAPER INTERNS
JOURNALISM
The Daily Journal is looking for in-
terns to do entry level reporting, re-
search, updates of our ongoing fea-
tures and interviews. Photo interns al-
so welcome.
We expect a commitment of four to
eight hours a week for at least four
months. The internship is unpaid, but
intelligent, aggressive and talented in-
terns have progressed in time into
paid correspondents and full-time re-
porters.
College students or recent graduates
are encouraged to apply. Newspaper
experience is preferred but not neces-
sarily required.
Please send a cover letter describing
your interest in newspapers, a resume
and three recent clips. Before you ap-
ply, you should familiarize yourself
with our publication. Our Web site:
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Send your information via e-mail to
news@smdailyjournal.com or by reg-
ular mail to 800 S. Claremont St #210,
San Mateo CA 94402.
22 Monday• March 21, 2011
110 Employment
SALES -
Putnam Auto Group
Buick Pontiac GMC
$50,000 Average Expectation
a must…
5 Men or Women for
Career Sales Position
• Car Allowance
• Paid insurance w/life & dental
• 401k plan
• Five day work week
Top Performers earn $100k Plus!!
Bilingual a plus
Paid training included
Call Mr. Olson
1-866-788-6267
SALES/MARKETING
INTERNSHIPS
The San Mateo Daily Journal is looking
for ambitious interns who are eager to
jump into the business arena with both
feet and hands. Learn the ins and outs
of the newspaper and media industries.
This position will provide valuable
experience for your bright future.
Fax resume (650)344-5290
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203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243593
The following person is doing business
as: Tokyo House, 83 Skyline Plaza, DA-
LY CITY, CA 94015 is hereby registered
by the following owner: New Shanghai
Restaurant, Inc., CA. The business is
conducted by a Corporation. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on 03/01/2011
/s/ Cindy Zhu /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/28//11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 03/07/11,
03/14/11, 03/21/11, 03/28/11)
210 Lost & Found
LOST: Center cap from wheel of Cadil-
lac. Around Christmas time. Chrome with
multi-colored Cadillac emblem in center.
Small hole near edge for locking device.
Belmont or San Carlos area.
Joel 650-592-1111.
MISSING GREY MALE CAT named
“Biscotti”. Last seen 12/4 on Aviador
Ave. in Millbrae. 12 years old, 12 lbs.,
strong athletic build. Domestic short
hair, solid grey including nose,
neutered,declawed front paws. Micro-
chip #985121004140013. Please call
Home Again lost pet service at 888-466-
3242 with any info. Thank you!
294 Baby Stuff
WOODEN POTTY CHAIR with play tray,
excellent condition, $55., Daly City,
(650)755-9833
296 Appliances
AIR CONDITIONER - slider model for
narrow windows, 10k BTU, excellent
condition, $100., (650)212-7020
CHANDELIER NEW 4 lights $30.
(650)878-9542
CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all.
(650)368-3037
GAS STOVE, small, 4 burner oven and
broiler. 26.5 D x 20.5 W. SOLD!
IRON - BLACK & DECKER PRO X 725
with board, $35., (650)726-7424
PORTABLE GE Dishwasher, excellent
condition $75 OBO, (650)583-0245
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
RCA VACUUM tube manual '42 $25.
(650)593-8880
SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse
power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393
UNDERCOUNTER DISHWASHER GE-
brand, never used. SOLD!
VACUUM CLEANER $50 (650)367-1350
VACUUM CLEANER excellent condition
$40. (650)878-9542
VACUUM CLEANER Oreck-cannister
type $40., (650)637-8244
VACUUM CLEANER small with all at-
tachments for cars $30 San Mateo
650-341-5347
WASHER/DRYER COMBO, all-in-one
unit. $95 (650)483-3693
WASHER/DRYER “MAYTAG” - Brand
new with 3 year warranty, $850. both,
(650)726-4168
297 Bicycles
BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26”, $75. obo
(650)676-0732
BICYCLE "MAGNA" 24 inch wheels
purple, $40., San Mateo,SOLD!
GIRL'S BIKE HUFFY Purple 6-speed
good cond. $35 - Angela (650)269-3712
WOMEN’S BICYCLE 3-speed, made in
Belgium. $50 (650)483-3693
298 Collectibles
28 RECORDS - 78 RPMS, Bing Crosby,
Frankie Laine, Al Jolson, many others, all
in book albums, $60. all, (650)347-5104
49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all,
(650)592-2648
5 PIECE territorial quarters uncirculated
$16. (408)249-3858
298 Collectibles
BAY MEADOWS bag & umbrella -
$15.each, (650)345-1111
COLLECTORS '75 LP's in covers
$5/each, (650)726-7424
GLASSES 6 sets redskins, good condi-
tion never used $20/all. (650)345-1111
JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Ri-
chard (650)834-4926
MERCHANT MARINE, framed forecastle
card, signed by Captain Angrick '70. 13 x
17 inches $35 cash. (650)755-8238
ORIGINAL PAT O'BRIEN'S HURRI-
CANE glass, great condition, $10.,
(650)726-7424
POSTER - framed photo of President
Wilson and Chinese Junk $25 cash,
(650)755-8238
SPORTS CARDS over 10k some stars
and old cards $100/all. (650)207-2712
VASE - with tray, grey with red flowers,
perfect condition, $30., (650)345-1111
302 Antiques
(2) ANTIQUE Hurricane lamp complete
with wicks $25/each, (650)726-7424
1912 COFFEE Perculater Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85.
(415)565-6719
ANTIQUE SOLID mahogany knick-knack
or bookshelf with 4 small drawers, good
condition, $95. 650-726-5200
CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot,
solid mahogany. $300/obo.
(650)867-0379
CHROME TOASTER '50. Excellent con-
dition, $50., Daly City, (650)755-9833
303 Electronics
46” MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
COMSWITCH 3500 - used for fax, com-
puter modem, telephone answering ma-
chine, never used, $20., (650)347-5104
DEWALT HEAVY duty work site radio
charger in box $100. (650)756-7878
DVD PLAYER AMW excellent condition
simple to use $35. (650)347-5104
ELECTRONICS - Flip camcorder $50.
(650)583-2767
FIVE REALISTIC-BRAND shelf speak-
ers, 8 ohms, new, 4 1/2 in. x 4 1/4 in. x 7
in. $20/each. (650)364-0902
JVC VHS recorder - Like new, $15.,
(650)367-8949
PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-
8244
SANIO CASETTE/RECORDER 2 way
Radio - $95.obo, call for more details,
(650)290-1960
STEREO PHONOGRAPH in cabinet,
plays vinyl LPs. $80 (650)483-3693
TV - Big Screen, $70., ok condition,
(650)367-1350
TV 5 inch Black and white good condition
in box $10. (408)249-3858
TV SET 32 inch with remote and stand
$30. (650)520-0619
304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
4 STURDY metal dining chairs $20/each.
(650)756-6778
BED BRASS single trundle $100 nice
and clean. (650)854-3235
BLACK LEATHER office chair with 5
rollers $25. (650)871-5078
BOOKCASE - $25., (650)255-6652
CABINET - wood, $70., (650)367-1350
CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candela-
bre base with glass shades $20.
(650)504-3621
COCKTAIL AND end table brass and
glass top $65. (650)854-3235
COFFEE TABLE - $60., (650)367-1350
COFFEE TABLE - brown, perfect condi-
tion, nice design, with storage, $65.,
(650)345-1111
COFFEE TABLE light brown lots of stor-
age good condition $55. (650)867-2720
COMPUTER DESK $70. (650)367-1350
CREDENZA - $25., (650)255-6652
DINING CHAIRS (6) $100/all. (650)854-
3235
DINING ROOM table $100. (650)854-
3235
DINING SET glass table with rod iron & 4
blue chairs $100/all
650-520-7921/650-245-3661
DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19
inches $30. (650)873-4030
DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side
tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134
END TABLE marble top with drawer with
matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619
ENTERTAINMENT CENTER - Oak
wood, great condition, glass doors, fits
large TV, 2 drawers, shelves , $100/obo.
(650)261-9681
GOSSIP BENCH with phone shelf excel-
lent conditon, $75., Daly City, (650)755-
9833
MATTRESSES (2) single, single nice
and clean $100.(650)854-3235
METAL DESK, 7 drawers, 2 shelves,
gray, 3x5 ft. $75. (650)364-0902
OFFICE DESK - $25., (650)255-6652
304 Furniture
PICNIC TABLE round $25. (650)854-
3235
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100.,
(650)504-3621
ROCKING CHAIR for nursing mother or
grandmother $75. (650)854-3235
TV STAND good condition beige lots of
storage $30. (650)867-2720
WOODEN KITCHEN China Cabinet: $99
(great condition!), (650)367-1350
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE” decorator urn
"Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H
$25., (650)868-0436
CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it,
tall, purchased from Brueners, originally
$100., selling for $35.,(650)867-2720
COUNTRY KITCHEN pot rack with down
lights. Retailed at $250. New in box $99
(650) 454-6163
GEORGE FORMAN Grill brand new
$35., (650)726-7424
307 Jewelry & Clothing
49ER'S JACKET Child size $50.
(650)871-7200
BLACK VELVET evening jacket w/silver
sparkles, Sz 20W, $10. (650)712-1070
BLACK VELVET pants, Sz L, $7.
(650)712-1070
CUSTOM JEWELRY all kinds, lengths
and sizes $50/all. (650)592-2648
HOLIDAY WEAR, barely worn: Macy's
black sweater set, Size M, wool w/gold
metalic stripes, $15 set. (650)712-1070
LADIES BRACELET, Murano glass.
Various shades of red and blue $100
Daly City, no return calls. (650)991-2353
LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow length-
gloves sz 7.5 $15 New. RWC. (650)868-
0436
LIZ CLAIBORNE black evening jacket
Sz. 12, acetate/polyester, $10. (650)712-
1070
SHEER PURPLE tunic, Sz XL, w/em-
broidered design & sequins, $10.
(650)712-1070
SILVER SEQUIN shirt-jacket Sz 12-14 -
very dressy, $15. (650)712-1070
TOURQUOISE BLUE party dress, cov-
ered w/sequins, sz 14, $15. (650)712-
1070
308 Tools
CIRCULAR SAW, Craftsman-brand, 10”,
4 long x 20” wide. Comes w/ stand - $70.
(650)678-1018
CLICKER TORQUE wrench 1/2 inch
drive 20-150 LBS reversible all chrome
$40. 650-595-3933
COMEALONG, 4000 lbs., $20.
(650)364-0902
DRILL, MAKITA - 12V, w/ case, bits,
batteries, and charger, SOLD!
ENGINE ANALYZER & TIMING LITE -
Sears Penske USA, for older cars, like
new, $65., (650)344-8549 leave msg.
MACHINIST VISE heavy duty, 6-in. jaws,
weight 125 lbs. SOLD!
PRESSURE WASHER 2500 PSI, good
condition, $350., (650)926-9841
RIDGED WET AND DRY VACUUM -16
gallons 5 horse power in box accesso-
ries included $65., (650)756-7878
SPEEDAIR AIR COMPRESSOR - 4 gal-
lon stack tank air compressor $100.,
(650)591-4710
TABLE SAW 10", very good condition
$85. (650) 787-8219
309 Office Equipment
CALCULATOR - (2) heavy duty, Casio &
Sharp, $35. each, (650)344-8549 leave
msg.
CALCULATOR - Casio, still in box, new,
$25. (650)867-2720
OFFICE LAMP new $8. (650)345-1111
310 Misc. For Sale
1 LG .Duffel Bag ,1 Xtra Lg. Duffel w
Wheels, 1 Leather week-ender Satchel,
All 3 at $75.00 650 871-7211
13 PIECE paint and pad set for home
use $25., (650)589-2893
2X6 REDWOOD Clear Lumber Pieces, 8
ft. long, for construction $50. (650)364-
0902
5 NEEDLEPOINT sets still in package
$10/each, (650)592-2648
ANGEL WITH lights 12 inches High $12.
(650)368-3037
ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full
branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712
AUTHENTIC MEXICAN Sombrero, $80
(650)364-0902
AUTO STRETCHING - The Complete
Manual of Specific Stretching, like new,
ask $75. (650) 204-0587
BABIES STROLLER folding good condi-
tion $15
Daly City 415-333-8540
BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie prin-
cess bride computer games $15 each,
(650)367-8949
BAY MEADOWS Umbrella - Colorful,
large-size, can fit two people underneath.
$20 (650)867-2720
BAY MEADOWS Bag - Black with Bay
Meadows logo, brand new $20 (650)867-
2720
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310 Misc. For Sale
BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry mak-
ing, $75. all, (650)676-0732
BEAUTIFUL ROUND GOLD FRAMED
Beveled Mirrors 34" diameter $75 ea Jer-
ry San Mateo 650-619-9932
WW11 $12.,
BOOK "LIFETIME"
(408)249-3858
CABINET OAK, fits over toilet water
tank, like new SOLD!
CANCER SALVES - A Botanical Ap-
proach To Treatment, like new, $35.
(650) 204.0587
CANDLE HOLDER with angel design,
tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for
$100, now $35. (650)345-1111
CERAMIC BOWLS - Set of blue hand
made ceramic bowls (9) with large bowl
fork/spoon set $100/all, (650)726-7424
COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters
uncirculated with Holder $15/all,
(408)249-3858
COMFORTERS - 4 Queen, 3 King Com-
forters, different colors, $10. each,
(650)571-5790
DOG CAGE/GORILLA - folding
large dog cage good condition, 2 door
with tray, $75.,(650)355-8949
DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2
total, (650)367-8949
DOUBLE PANE Windows 48"wide X 34"
Tall W/screens perfect condition vinyl
$75. OBO 650-619-9932
DRAFTING TABLE 3 ft. x 5 ft., fully ad-
justable: up, down, tilt. $100. (650)364-
0902
EGG SHAPED containers decorative
painted set of 8 at 7 inches Tall $3/each,
(650)871-7200
ELECTRIC HEATER - Oil filled electric
heater, 1500 watts, $30., (650)504-3621
ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good con-
dition $35. (650)878-9542
FIREPLACE SCREEN - 36"wide,
29"high, antique brass, folding doors,
sliding mesh screen, damper
controls. Like new. $100., (650)592-2047
FRONT END Dash Board from '98 Sono-
ma Truck $50. (650)871-7200
GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never
used $8., (408)249-3858
JAMES PATTERSON BOOKS - 2 hard-
back @$3. each, 4 paperback @ $1.
each, (650)341-1861
JANET EVANOVICH BOOKS - 4 hard-
back @$3. each, 3 paperback @$1.
each, (650)341-1861
KIDS GUITAR for 6 years and Up $40,
call (650)375-1550
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
MASSAGE DEVICE with batteries $8 in
box, (650)368-3037
METAL CABINET - 4 drawers, beige
16.5 inches W x 27 3/4 H x 27 inches D.
$40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
NEW BANQUET table 6ft x 30. $40. Call
(650)871-7200.
NEW GAIAM Yoga P.M. Tape & CD
$10. 650-578-8306
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners
$8. 650-578-8306
NEW WOOL afghan, colorful, hand-
made, 4x6 ft.. $40. (650)364-0902
NEW YORK Payphone, as it was 50
years ago! SOLD!
PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant)
with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648
SF GREETING Cards (300 w/envelopes)
factory sealed $20/all. (650)207-2712
SLEEPER BLANKET (3) size 4T Soft
$7.50/each. (650)349-6059
SNOW CHAINS - 3 complete sets, sizes
fit rims 13” & 15”, great condition, $30.
all, Burl, (650)347-5104
SOFT BONNET hair drier "Con Air" $20.,
(650)589-2893
SPANISH GUITAR 6 strings good condi-
tion $80. Call (650)375-1550.
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203 Public Notices 203 Public Notices
LEGAL NOTICES
Fictitious Business Name Statements, Trustee Sale
Notice, Alcohol Beverage License, Name Change,
Probate, Notice of Adoption, Divorce Summons,
Notice of Public Sales, and More.
Published in the Daily Journal for San Mateo County.
Fax your request to: 650-344-5290
Email them to: ads@smdailyjournal.com
310 Misc. For Sale 316 Clothes
SPORTS BOOKS, Full of Facts, All JACKET (LARGE) Pants (small) black
Sports, Beautiful Collection 5 Volumes, Velvet good cond. $25/all (650)589-2893
$25. 650 871-7211
STRIDE RITE Toddler Sandals, LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with
Brown, outsole, Velcro closures, Size dark brown lining $35. (650)868-0436
6W. Excellent condition, $20.,
(650)525-0875 LADIES SHOES- size 5, $10., (650)756-
6778
STRIDE RITE Toddler Sneakers, Navy,
Natural Motion System™ technology,
velcro closures, Size 6?W, Excellent MAN’S SUEDE-LIKE jacket, Brown.
cond, $25, (650) 525-0875 New, XXLg. $25. 650 871-7211
MEN'S SHOES - New, size 10, $10.,
STUART WOODS HARDBACK BOOKS (650)756-6778
- 3 @$3. each, (650)341-1861
MEN'S SUIT almost new $25.
SUIT/COAT HANGERS (14) sturdy good
650-573-6981
quality hardwood unused $1/each or all
$10. San Bruno 650-588-1946 MENS SLACKS - 8 pairs, $50., Size
36/32, (408)420-5646
VASES (25) lovely all sizes $1-$5 Daly
WOMAN’S LAMB-SKIN coat, 2/3 length,
City, (650)755-9833
size Med. VERY warm, beautiful! $75.
VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches 650 871-7211
W still in box $60., (408)249-3858
WOMEN'S CLOTHES extra, extra large
WALNUT CABINET- on rollers 26 W x new with tags $50/each, (650)726-7424
20 D x 34.5 H SOLD!
WETSUIT - Barefoot, like new, $40.,
(650)367-8949 317 Building Materials
WIDE-BODIED VASE -- Colorful, Perfect 22 PIECES of 2x4's, 68" long
condition, nice design, $25 (650)867- $1.00/each (650) 773-7533
2720
DOUBLE PANED GLASS WINDOWS -
various sizes, half moon, like new, $10.
311 Musical Instruments and up, (650)756-6778
2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $500 for SCREEN DOOR 36 inch slightly bent
both. (650)342-4537
$15. (650)871-7200
PIANO VINTAGE - Upright, “Davis & SLIDING SCREEN door 30 inch good
condition $25. (650)871-7200
Sons”, just tuned, $600., (650)678-9007
WATER HEATER - 40 gallon Energy
312 Pets & Animals saver electric water heater $50.00 (650)
773-7533
BIRD CAGE 14x14x8 ecellent condition
$25 Daly City, (650)755-9833
318 Sports Equipment
DOG CARRIERS - Medium size, $10.
each (2 total, Large $13., (650)571-5790 2 GOLF CLUBS - Ladies, right handed,
putter & driver $5/each (650)755-8238
315 Wanted to Buy GOLF BAG AND CLUBS - Black bag
near new, $10., Mixed clubs $1.00 each,
(20 total) (650)571-5790
GO GREEN!
We Buy GOLD PUTTING GOLF Set 8Ft. x 16 inches
$10., (408)249-3858
You Get The
$ Green $ SPEEDO OPTIMUS Training Fins size
10-11. Perfect for your training.
call jeff 650-208-5758 $25
Millbrae Jewelers
Est. 1957
322 Garage Sales
400 Broadway - Millbrae
650-697-2685
THE THRIFT SHOP
ALL WOMEN’S CLOTHES
ON SALE 50% OFF
316 Clothes
Thursday & Friday 10:00-2:00
49' SWEATSHIRT with hood size 8 extra Saturdays 10:00-3:00
large $100 obo. (650)346-9992 Episcopal Church
1 South El Camino Real
BLACK LEATHER MOTORCYCLE San Mateo 94401
JACKET - Large, water proof, new, $35.,
(650)344-0921
(650)342-7568
BLACK Leather pants Mrs. size made in
France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975
BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great
condition $99. (650)558-1975
BOOTS - purple leather, size 8, ankle
length, $50.obo, (650)592-9141
BOOTS - purple leather, size 8, ankle
length, $50.obo, (650)592-9141
GREAT LOOKING tops sweaters blous-
es etc. (20 total) Medium-Large $5/each
650-592-2648
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322 Garage Sales
GARAGE SALES
ESTATE SALES
Make money,
make room!
List your upcoming garage
sale, moving sale, estate
sale, yard sale, rummage
sale, clearance sale, or
whatever sale you have...
in the Daily Journal.
Reach over 82,500 readers
from South San Francisco
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in your local newspaper.
Call (650)344-5200
335 Garden Equipment
BROGMANSIA TREE $40 needs plant-
ing. (650)871-7200
TABLE - for plant, $25., perfect condi-
tion, (650)345-1111
340 Camera & Photo Equip.
VR3 BACK UP CAMERA - New in open
box, $100.00, (650) 270-6637 after 6
p.m. only.
345 Medical Equipment
CRUTCHES - adult, aluminium, for tall
person, $30., (650)341-1861
610 Crossword Puzzle
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS
1 King, queen or
jack
5 URL starter
9 Van Gogh setting
14 Alan of
“M*A*S*H”
15 Davenport’s state
16 Dracula’s title
17 *“Barry Lyndon”
star
19 Singer Lauper
20 Against
21 Used to reach a
high shelf
23 Sodom escapee
26 Armored vehicle
28 Being off target
29 Genesis
mountain
31 Brandy’s music
genre, briefly
33 Under-the-chin
helmet securer
34 Saintly circle
35 Types
39 Suffix with tele-
40 Caesar, e.g. (or
each of the
answers to the
starred clues?)
41 It may be
reserved
42 Heavy drinkers
43 Functions
44 Second longest
African river
45 Deed holder
47 Sea between
Greece and Italy
48 Start of Juliet’s
balcony plea
51 Male heirs
53 Opposite of
SSW
54 Virgin Mary
56 Poet Silverstein
58 Like the Leaning
Tower
59 *Lead singer of
The Cars
64 Mazda rival
65 Apple computer
since 1998
66 Fairy tale
beginning
67 Dread
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379 Open Houses 380 Real Estate Services 445 Multi-Plexes for Rent 470 Rooms 620 Automobiles
SAN CARLOS - 1 bed, 1 bath, BMW ‘89 735I - 238K mi., fully loaded,
HOMES & PROPERTIES Room For Rent sunroof, runs well, $3,950.,
OPEN HOUSE The San Mateo Daily Journal’s 4-plex, private balcony, storage
room, carport, no pets,
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LISTINGS weekly Real Estate Section. $49 daily + tax
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in the Daily Journal. to find information on fine homes
and properties throughout
450 Homes for Rent Microwave and Refrigerator
950 El Camino Real San Carlos CHRYSLER '07 300 Touring, sedan,
3.5L V6, silver, 38K miles, $17,892.
Reach over 82,500 the local area. REDWOOD CITY 2bed/1bath, garage, (650) 593-3136 #P7H682180 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
potential home buyers & fenced backyard. Close to grocery store, 587-8635. Please mention the Daily
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renters a day, 4862
from South San Francisco ROOMS FOR RENT CHRYSLER ‘06 300 Sedan, 28k mi.,
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ered garage. No pets, no smoking Private & Shared Bath
sun roof, excellent condition. $18k.
in your local newspaper. $3700/mo. Deposit $3700. Close to Public Transport
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Call (650)344-5200 FA1656EW Melody Toyota, Call 877-
No Pets
470 Rooms 287 Lorton Ave. 587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
Burlingame, CA 94010
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GARDEN MOTEL HONDA ‘10 ACCORD LX - 4 door se-
380 Real Estate Services 1690 Broadway dan, low miles, $19K, (650)573-6981
Redwood City, CA 94063 HONDA ‘98 Civic EX coupe red, man-
(650)366-4724 620 Automobiles ual, $4,893. # TWL120399 Melody
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Channels, Free Internet
SALES Daily $45+tax Nite & up
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on a trade-in or
consignment!
HONDA CIVIC ‘99 EX sedan 4-door,
excellent mechanically, very good body,
$3,400. (650)325-7549
Bank Foreclosures. LEXUS '08 ES 350, silver, auto, $26,994
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en and bath, $995.mo plus $600 deposit, good condition, (650)740-2221
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San Carols
315 Wanted to Buy 315 Wanted to Buy
TOYOTA ‘03 Camry Solara, white, 69K
DOWN 36 Russian 48 Nebraska city miles, $9,994. T3C602658 Melody
1 Elevator Revolution leader 49 Boca __ Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
compartment 37 Elena of the 50 Taking too much
2 One of the Khans Supreme Court 52 Sesame Street TOYOTA ‘03 Corolla, silver, 82K miles,
$9,492. #P3C150154 Melody Toyota,
3 Nutritional no. 38 Weapon for grouch Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
4 “The X-Files” David 55 Parched
agent Scully 40 Sentence that 57 Thailand neighbor TOYOTA ‘08 Camry, hybrid, while, 39K
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5 Suggest should be two 60 Britney Spears’s ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
6 Wheel alignment sentences “__ Slave 4 U” mention the Daily Journal
service 44 Trig function 61 NBC weekend TOYOTA ‘08 Corolla CE, re, 41K miles,
7 First coml. airline 46 Charged angrily revue $11,491. #P8Z956435 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
to show in-flight 47 Like pawned 62 Old French coin Daily Journal
movies items 63 Oktoberfest need TOYOTA ‘08 Prius Touring, sedan, red,
8 Friends 33K miles, $19,894. P83339376 Melody
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
9 Harmony tion the Daily Journal
10 *“Oh, Pretty TOYOTA ‘08 Prius, sedan, silver, 44K
Woman” singer miles, $17,594. P83321845 Melody
11 Day before mardi Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
12 __ a happy note
13 Attack, bee-style TOYOTA ‘08 Yaris, Hatchback, gray,
41K miles, $11,991. P85174835 Melody
18 Ready to serve, Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
as beer
22 Mortise insert TOYOTA ‘09 Camry, hybrid, silver, 34K
miles, auto, $18,792. PR9U105912Melo-
23 Doesn’t fade dy Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
381 Homes for Sale 381 Homes for Sale mention the Daily Journal
24 Big name in
garden care TOYOTA ‘09 Camry, sedan, gray, 25K
miles, $17,994. P9U819487 Melody
25 Medium’s card Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
27 Adversaries in a tion the Daily Journal
Hoffman/Streep TOYOTA ‘09 Corolla, silver, 26K miles,
$14,591. #P99065545 Melody Toyota,
film Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
30 *Henry Ford Daily Journal
contemporary TOYOTA ‘09 Corolla, white, 31K miles,
32 “Woe is me!” $15,892. #P9Z130355 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
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TOYOTA ‘99 AVALON sedan, silver,
174K miles, $5,991. TXU339241 Mel-
ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
VOLKSWAGEN ‘01 New Beetle GLS
1.8L Turbo, green, 69K miles, $6,991.
T1M408000 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
VOLVO ‘00 V70 XC AWD SE, blue,
122K miles, $7,594. TY2719581 Mel-
ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
625 Classic Cars
DATSUN ‘72 - 240Z with Chevy 350, au-
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(650)588-9196
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drives good, needs body, interior and
paint, $12k obo, serious inquiries only.
(650)873-8623
630 Trucks & SUV’s
ACURA MDX 3.5L w/Touring Pkg, 4WD
Auto, blue, $18,491. #T5H534016. Melo-
dy Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal.
FORD '06 F-150, SuperCab, gray, auto,
$15,494. # P6KA81180 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
HONDA '07 CR-V EX-L, silver, auto,
$17,692. #P7C022018 Melody Toyota,
By David Levinson Wilk Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
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630 Trucks & SUV’s
SATURN ‘02 VUE V6 SUV, silver, 83K
miles, $6,991. T2S804347 Melody Toyo-
ta, Call 877-587-8635. Please mention
the Daily Journal.
TOYOTA ‘00 Camry, sedan, green,
135K miles, $6,991. TYU744223 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘04 4Runner, SUV, silver, 84K
miles, $15,392. P40018553 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘04 RAV-4, blue, 94K miles,
$12,994. P40022323 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘06 RAV-4, white, 26 Kmiles,
$18,794. P65022899 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘07 Tacoma, truck access cab,
silver, auto, 27K miles, $15,891.
T7Z352191 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
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TOYOTA ‘08 Camry, LE V6, gray, 32K
miles, $16,891. P8U071507 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
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TOYOTA ‘09 Tacoma, truck access cab,
gray, auto, 23K miles, $18,891.
T9Z615723 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
630 Trucks & SUV’s 640 Motorcycles/Scooters 670 Auto Service 670 Auto Parts 680 Autos Wanted
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tackle transportation.
High time for high speed?
The biggest transportation buzzword in the
race, if not state politics as a whole, is high-
speed rail. Yes? No? Now? How much? The
candidates, with some variation, say there are
too many unanswered questions and fluctuating
estimates of use and cost to endorse the idea.
Holober, who said he voted for the 2008
measure approving high-speed rail, cites U.S.
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto — “let’s push
the reset button.”
If he had it to do over, Holober said he would-
n’t support a bond without a dedicated funding
source. The idea of a high-speed system is long
overdue, leaving the state and nation to play
catchup with Europe and Japan, he said. High-
speed rail also allows upgrades to Caltrain,
making it more viable, but only if it runs down
the Peninsula, he said.
But that doesn’t mean this plan is the right
one, he said, echoing a common sentiment
among his opponents. Pine finds high-speed rail
attractive and hopes it can eventually become a
reality.
“It is a good way to move people rather than
adding more flights and runways in the Bay. It
is very, very appealing,” Pine said.
But the level of scrutiny needed when the
measure passed wasn’t as high as necessary and
we now know the projections put forth at the
time were wrong, he said.
“You can’t take on a $75 billion project if you
don’t think you can pay for it,” he said.
Pine said he’d like to see a private operator
step up to run the system. Papan, who is
Millbrae’s representative to the collective of
cities focused on high-speed rail, said they are
“trying to make this work,” believing “it can be
a benefit for the county.”
That said, the authority has not been forth-
right and confused the public with blanket state-
ments like that the train would be raised across
the county — not possible in Millbrae because
of the overpass and BART station, she said.
She is eagerly awaiting the revised financial
plan and thinks a key is finding ways to com-
municate with each other and the high-speed
rail board and making sure the process is hon-
est.
“I think reality has set in. We are now seeing
the details, at least some of them and there are
more that need to be found out,” she said.
Nagel is also mixed on the idea versus the
reality.
“I support it if it is done right but the difficul-
ty is defining what is right. We don’t have
enough information to know the impact on
cities and, in the absence of information, people
fear the worst,” said Nagel, who has lent a loud
voice in Burlingame’s opposition to the plan,
particularly if it means not undergrounding the
line.
The state’s economic turmoil means it is
nowhere near ready to move forward even if
high-speed rail in theory is a good idea, Nikas
said.
Nikas wants to look at the environmental
impact report before offering further opinions
but said he is worried it will create hundreds of
thousands in new state government jobs that
add to escalating pension costs.
He also wonders why, based on current tick-
et cost and travel time estimates, anybody
would want to take high-speed rail to Southern
California. He also believes the focus should be
on improving current systems, like closing the
BART loop, before taking on something new.
Stogner said unequivocally “no” with the cur-
rent plan, believing the authority has been dis-
LOCAL
honest about its cost and
ridership numbers.
“Personally, I don’t want
to waste any time with peo-
ple not telling the truth.
They’ve had several years
to be honest and explain
how it works and they’ve
never done it right to this
day,” Stogner said.
While those in city poli- Richard Holober
tics already, like Nagel or
Papan, may have a specific
view on high-speed rail
based on the needs of that
jurisdiction, there are other
considerations on the
supervisor level.
The Board of
Supervisors must represent
all its cities, many who
have disparate opinions on Terry Nagel
high-speed rail, while real-
izing it doesn’t have state-
level decision-making
power.
“The biggest gift the
supervisors have is helping
to lead a constructive,
impartial process. I don’t
think cities can do it by
themselves and the board
helps give more credibili- Demetrios Nikas
ty,” Nagel said.
A regional approach could also limit the costs
of individual cities hiring consultants and attor-
neys, she said.
Holober also sees the supervisor position as a
place from which to get cities into a common
position although he knows there are many dif-
ferent opinions to wrangle, from those who are
suing the authority to those like Millbrae who
may see a benefit. The Board of Supervisors
can work with Congress to force the authority
to be more responsive to local impacts and offer
federal dollars for mitigation measures, he said.
The Board of Supervisors is the closest thing
to a regional voice in San Mateo County, Pine
said.
And while it is no easy task to provide a uni-
fied voice for all the cities with high-speed rail,
the county has to start looking at the problems
collectively. Primarily, however, Pine said the
debate over high-speed rail is proving a distrac-
tion to a bigger transportation challenge,
Caltrain.
Getting Caltrain on track
Although high-speed rail is the divisive trans-
portation issue of the moment, the future of
Caltrain is front and center in the minds of the
supervisorial hopefuls. The Peninsula rail serv-
ice which runs from San Jose to San Francisco
declared a fiscal emergency this year and is
warning of severe cuts this summer.
A problem, Nagel said, is the lack of a dedi-
cated funding source and the challenges of
operating a multi-county system. The system
cannot continue to simply limp along, even if
there is an emergency infusion of money, and
officials need to ferret out both immediate and
long-term solutions, she said.
Holober also points out the lack of revenue
and thinks Caltrain should be operated more
like BART to turn a profit. Taxation is possible
across the three counties but only if public opin-
ion is welcoming, he said.
Even those who don’t use the system should
consider how to help the cash-strapped system,
he said, because it helps with gridlock on the
roads for those who choose to drive. There is lit-
tle choice in reducing schedules in the short
term but Caltrain would be “very foolish in the
long run” to maintain an anemic number of
trains.
“We want the system to become a transporta-
tion of choice for people. We need to make it
easier and not harder to
use,” Holober said.
Saving Caltrain is a pri-
ority for Papan who said
stopping the service would
require another lane-and-a-
half of freeway to accom-
modate the added drivers.
A tax is always an option
but not a very palatable one
Gina Papan with voters until Caltrain
has put its own house in
order, she said.
Savings might be found
by renegotiating contracts,
rate hikes and diverting
$5.5 million from the
uncompleted Dumbarton
rail project, she suggested.
But making Caltrain sus-
tainable isn’t enough, she
Dave Pine said. She wants moderniza-
tion like electrification and
Wi-Fi on board. That in
turn might increase rider-
ship, contributing again to
the bottom line.
For Nikas, the immediate
solution is slashing service
until the counties’ budgets
are balanced.
“Do we want to subsidize
Michael Stogner the system? If we do that,
we have to cut some other
service. There is only so much money,” he said.
Stogner sees no other way around a tax if
Caltrain is to have a dedicated revenue stream
but, like Nikas, doesn’t see a continuation of the
same service level.
“We don’t need 96 trains but we definitely
need to get people on commuter hour trains.
During the day, I think we have room to reduce
the other trains,” Stogner said.
He bristles at the idea of Caltrain declaring a
fiscal emergency, calling it a political tool to
make changes without voter input and believes
the agency should raise prices to match the
increase in costs.
Pine calls the idea of a Peninsula without
Caltrain a “nonstarter” and that its future cannot
be linked only to the fate of high-speed rail.
A decade of infrastructure and planning was
built around the train, all of which makes no
sense if the railway goes away. In the immedi-
ate 12 or 18 months, Caltrain will undoubtedly
survive on cuts but a new funding model is key
to long-range sustainability, he said.
Electrification also can’t happen soon enough
as can’t thinking outside the box, he said.
Congestion-based pricing for carpoolers
could help fund Caltrain and the state’s climate
change law might provide an opportunity for
the system to sell carbon credits, he said.
SamTrans and beyond
The focus on train systems, existing and pro-
posed, takes the light off the county’s other
transportation options and needs, but some
candidates, like Nagel, say they are just as
important. For those without personal vehicles
or access to the train, for example, SamTrans
Monday • March 21, 2011 27
buses are a lifeline.
“If I were Pacifica, I’d be real mad,” said
Nagel, referring to the reduction in services,
particularly in coastal areas of the county.
Stogner thinks SamTrans is “pretty phenom-
enal” overall but that monthly and weekly
passes could be better marketed by commis-
sion-only salespeople.
The economics of the bus system are “not
very attractive” and don’t draw the same atten-
tion as the train because it’s largely for people
with no other option, Pine said.
Cuts are inevitable for SamTrans, as with
most areas, in the short term because there just
isn’t the money, he said.
If Caltrain can become flush, it could take
some of the pressure of SamTrans, he said.
Other options are alternative transportation
solutions, like encouraging biking and walk-
ing, coordinating traffic lights and simply
being more intelligent about how people
move, he said.
SamTrans really needs to pay down its debt
and fight for money owed by Santa Clara
County’s Valley Transportation Agency and
the San Francisco Municipal Transportation
Agency, Papan said.
When the bus system falters, the cities and
county is left to pick up the slack like in
Millbrae where vans and private bus services
are used by residents, she said.
With high-speed rail for the Peninsula
shelved at the moment, Nagel sees an opportu-
nity to shift gears.
“Now is the perfect time to decide what is
the transportation plan we want for the cities
and the county,” she said.
The county’s transportation plan has not
been updated in 10 years and is due for a revi-
sion, she said. The plan would incorporate
Caltrain but also SamTrans, east-west connec-
tions and ways to ease congestion using the
millions of dollars collected and paid through
the half-cent sales tax transportation money
provided by Measure A, she said.
The best place for the review is though the
City/County Association of Governments, she
said.
Holober also wants more regional coordina-
tion for transportation planning, whether that
is a one-card payment method like the Clipper
card or coordinating schedules between
modes.
“There are a lot of studies that show a com-
muter is less likely to use public transit the
more obstacles like transfers they have,” he
said.
Papan also thinks the entire transportation
system needs an overhaul to make it more effi-
cient and friendly. Expanded Clipper Cards,
fewer transit agencies and reduced administra-
tive costs are key, she said.
“We want to make it work for people. It
doesn’t work right now,” she said.
Michelle Durand can be reached by e-mail:
michelle@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
344-5200 ext. 102
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